You have to be tough.
To emphasize only the beautiful seems to me to be like a mathematical system that only concerns itself with positive numbers.
Never swap horses crossing a stream.
One of the surest signs of the Philistine is his reverence for the superior tastes of those who put him down.
Because people have no thoughts to deal in, they deal cards, and try and win one another's money. Idiots!
That which builds is better than that which is built.
Happiness consists in activity -- it is a running stream, not a stagnant pool.
A cult is a religion with no political power.
Reprove your friends in secret, praise them openly.
The tartness of his face sours ripe grapes.
Weakness on both sides is, the motto of all quarrels.
Remember that nobody will ever get ahead of you as long as he is kicking you in the seat of the pants.
Life is like a piano. What you get out of it depends on how you play it.