Even a happy life cannot be without a measure of darkness and the word happy would lose its meaning if it were not balanced by sadness. It is far better take things as they come along with patience and equanimity.
Love demands infinitely less than friendship.
It is only the cynicism that is born of success that is penetrating and valid.
Politics is the diversion of trivial men who when they succeed at it become...
Patriotism is often an arbitrary veneration of real estate above principles.
If you don’t make mistakes, you’re not working on hard enough...
A friend is someone who knows all about you and still loves you.
Cultivate solitude and quiet and a few sincere...
