Wise anger is like fire from a flint: there is great ado to get it out; and when it does read more

Wise anger is like fire from a flint: there is great ado to get it out; and when it does come, it is out again immediately.

You are beaten to earth? Well, well, what's that? Come up with a smiling face, It's nothing against you to read more

You are beaten to earth? Well, well, what's that? Come up with a smiling face, It's nothing against you to fall down flat/ But to lie there-that's a disgrace.

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.

Anger is the most impotent of passions. It effects nothing it goes about, and hurts the one who is possessed read more

Anger is the most impotent of passions. It effects nothing it goes about, and hurts the one who is possessed by it more than the one against whom it is directed.

I don't deserve this award, but I have arthritis, and I don't deserve that, either.

I don't deserve this award, but I have arthritis, and I don't deserve that, either.

Sorrow is better than laughter, for by the sadness of the face the heart is made better.

Sorrow is better than laughter, for by the sadness of the face the heart is made better.

You cannot shake hands with a clenched fist.

You cannot shake hands with a clenched fist.

Skepticism: the mark and even the pose of the educated mind.

Skepticism: the mark and even the pose of the educated mind.

I have always hated that damn James Bond. I'd like to kill him.

I have always hated that damn James Bond. I'd like to kill him.