The mere process of growing old together will make the slightest acquaintance seem a bosom friend.

Books and Reading

People say that life is the thing, but I prefer reading.

Conscience

We grow with years more fragile in body, but morally stutter, and can throw off the chill of a bad conscience almost at once.

Evil

Only among people who think no evil can Evil monstrously flourish.

Goals

There are two things to aim at in life: first, to get what you want; and, after that, to enjoy it. Only the wisest of mankind achieve the second.

Ideals and Idealism

When they come downstairs from their Ivory Towers, idealists are very apt to walk straight into the gutter.

Life and Living

There is one thing that matters -- to set a chime of words tinkling in the minds of a few fastidious people.

Preachers and Preaching

That we should practice what we preach is generally admitted; but anyone who preaches what he and his hearers practice must incur the gravest moral disapprobation.

Writers and Writing

What I like in a good author isn't what he says, but what he whispers.

Youth

Don't let young people tell you their aspirations; when they drop them they will drop you.