Dames are always pulling a switch on you.
More men have become great through practice than by nature.
Happiness resides not in possessions, and not in gold, happiness dwells in the soul.
Nothing exists except atoms and empty space; everything else is opinion.
My enemy is not the man who wrongs me, but the man who means to wrong me.
Sexual intercourse is a slight attack of apoplexy.
People sometimes rationalize their greed by saying that it is all for the good of their children but this is nothing but an excuse they use to make their despicable actions appear respectable and praiseworthy.
When you stop caring about something, then other people have to decide whether or not they genuinely care about you, or not.
. . . human beings always have and always will seek havens where we are free to be productive and to keep the property we create.
It is very hard to be in love with someone who no longer loves you, but it is far worse to be loved by someone with whom you are no longer in love.
I was on significant financial aid, an only child, with parents who didn't have much living in North Carolina.