Human pride is not worthwhile; there is always something lying in wait to take the wind out of it 2.51K
Laws are sand, customs are rock. Laws can be evaded and punishment escaped, but an openly transgressed custom brings sure punishment 942
Therein lies the defect of revenge: it’s all in the anticipation; the thing itself is a pain, not a pleasure; at least the pain is the biggest end of it 1.81K
Humor is the great thing, the saving thing. The minute it crops up, all our irritation and resentments slip away, and a sunny spirit takes their place 2.44K
Do not undervalue the headache. While it is at its sharpest it seems a bad investment; but when relief begins, the unexpired remainder is worth $4 a minute 2.5K
The secret of getting ahead is getting started. The secret of getting started is breaking your complex overwhelming tasks into small manageable tasks, and then starting on the first one 786
Yes, you are right – I am a moralist in disguise; it gets me into heaps of trouble when I go thrashing around in political questions 714
When a man arrives at great prosperity God did it: when he falls into disaster he did it himself 1.64K
The political and commercial morals of the United States are not merely food for laughter, they are an entire banquet 650
All say, how hard it is that we have to die – a strange complaint to come from the mouths of people who have had to live 892
