A jug fills drop by drop.

From now on, ending a sentence with a preposition is something up with which I will not put.

You ask me if I keep a notebook to record my great ideas. I've only ever had one.

Let other pens dwell on guilt and misery.

Constant development is the law of life, and a man who always tries to maintain his dogmas, in order to appear consistent, drives himself into a false position.

I am being frank about myself in this book. I tell of my first mistake on page 850.

Anything in any way beautiful derives its beauty from itself and asks nothing beyond itself. Praise is no part of it, for nothing is made worse or better by praise.

Never stir up litigation. A worse man can scarcely be found than one who does this.

From birth man carries the weight of gravity on his shoulders. He is bolted to earth. But man has only to sink beneath the surface and he is free.

Children are the hands by which we take hold of heaven.

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