Worry not about the possible troubles of the future; for if they come, you are but anticipating and adding to read more

Worry not about the possible troubles of the future; for if they come, you are but anticipating and adding to their weight; and if they do not come, your worry is useless; and in either case it is weak and in vain, and a distrust of God's providence.

Make the lie big, make it simple, keep saying it, and eventually they will believe it

Make the lie big, make it simple, keep saying it, and eventually they will believe it

Reject hatred without hating.

Reject hatred without hating.

Grow your tree of falsehood from a small grain of truth. Do not follow those who lie in contempt of read more

Grow your tree of falsehood from a small grain of truth. Do not follow those who lie in contempt of reality. Let your lie be even more logical than the truth itself, so the weary travelers may find repose.

They exchanged the quick, brilliant smile of women who dislike each other on sight.

They exchanged the quick, brilliant smile of women who dislike each other on sight.

God does not treat us as our sins deserve, man treats us as our sins deserve.

God does not treat us as our sins deserve, man treats us as our sins deserve.

You are at enmity with yourself.

You are at enmity with yourself.

The easiest way to be cheated is to believe yourself to be more cunning than others.

The easiest way to be cheated is to believe yourself to be more cunning than others.

I cannot divine how it happens that the man who knows the least is the most argumentative.

I cannot divine how it happens that the man who knows the least is the most argumentative.