Life would be infinitely happier if we could only be born at the age of eighty and gradually approach eighteen.

Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect.

Don't let school interfere with your education.

The difference between the right word and the almost right word is the difference between lightning and the lightning bug.

It's not the size of the dog in the fight, it's the size of the fight in the dog.

Good friends, good books and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life.

Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you, too, can become great.

The man who does not read good books has no advantage over the man who cannot read them.

I have lived a long life and had many troubles, most of which never happened.

The best way to cheer yourself up is to try to cheer somebody else up.

I am an old man and have known a great many troubles, but most of them never happened.

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