1. A man may say, "From now on I'm going to speak the truth." But the truth hears him and runs away and hides before he's even done speaking.
2. Associate with the noblest people you can find; read the best books; live with the mighty; but learn to be happy alone.
Ravelstein
3. It's usually the selfish people who are loved the most. They do what you deny yourself, and you love them for it. You give them your heart.
4. The old continued to have one resurgence of foolishness after another, until the organism gave out altogether.
5. You never have to change anything you got up in the middle of the night to write.
