"A happy childhood is poor preparation for human contacts."

"You will do foolish things, but do them with enthusiasm."

"It is wise to apply the oil of refined politeness to the mechanisms of friendship."

"Total absence of humor renders life impossible."

"The true traveler is he who goes on foot, and even then, he sits down a lot of the time."

"I love my past. I love my present. I'm not ashamed of what I've had, and I'm not sad because I have it no longer."

"When he is best, he is a little worse than a man; and when he is worst, he is a little better than a beast."

"It's not how much we have, but how much we enjoy, that makes happiness."

"A multitude of rulers is not a good thing. Let there be one ruler, one king."

"Glass, china, and reputation are easily cracked, and never well mended."

"Be more prompt to go to a friend in adversity than in prosperity."

"The ideal conditionWould be, I admit, that men should be right by instinct;But since we are all likely to go astray,The reasonable thing is to learn from those who can teach."