Do not think of your faults, still less of other's faults look for what is good and strong, and try to imitate it. Your faults will drop off, like dead leaves, when their time comes.

The best time for you to hold your tongue is the time you feel you must say something or bust.

First love is a kind of vaccination which saves a man from catching the complaint the second time.

Next time I tell you someone from Texas should not be president of the United States, please pay attention.

I wish life was not so short, he thought. languages take such a time, and so do all the things one wants to know about.