“Life would be infinitely happier if we could only be born at the age of eighty and gradually approach eighteen
“A baby will make love stronger, days shorter, nights longer, bankroll smaller, home happier, clothes shabbier, the past forgotten, and the future worth living for
“I don't need a friend who changes when I change and who nods when I nod; my shadow does that much better
“If you want to succeed you should strike out on new paths, rather than travel the worn paths of accepted success
“Sorrows gather around great souls as storms do around mountains; but, like them, they break the storm and purify the air of the plain beneath them
“It is through the idealism of youth that man catches sight of truth, and in that idealism he possesses a wealth which he must never exchange for anything else
“Be not angry that you cannot make others as you wish them to be, since you cannot make yourself as you wish to be
“No man, however strong, can serve ten years as schoolmaster, priest, or senator, and remain fit for anything else
“Men may change their climate, but they cannot change their nature. A man that goes out a fool cannot ride or sail himself into common sense
“Worldly fame is but a breath of wind that blows now this way, and now that, and changes name as it changes direction
“A good marriage is one which allows for change and growth in the individuals and in the way they express their love
“I shall argue that strong men, conversely, know when to compromise and that all principles can be compromised to serve a greater principle
“All conservatism is based upon the idea that if you leave things alone you leave them as they are. But you do not. If you leave a thing alone you leave it to a torrent of change
“The fatal metaphor of progress, which means leaving things behind us, has utterly obscured the real idea of growth, which means leaving things inside us.