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

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

I guess I just prefer to see the dark side of things. The glass is always half-empty. And cracked. And read more

I guess I just prefer to see the dark side of things. The glass is always half-empty. And cracked. And I just cut my lip on it. And chipped a tooth.

As a rule, men worry more about what they can't see than about what they can.

As a rule, men worry more about what they can't see than about what they can.

Difficulties are things that show a person what they are.

Difficulties are things that show a person what they are.

Love blinds us to faults, but hatred blinds us to virtues.

Love blinds us to faults, but hatred blinds us to virtues.

The art of losing isn't hard to masters; so many things seem filled with the intent to be lost that read more

The art of losing isn't hard to masters; so many things seem filled with the intent to be lost that their loss is no disaster.

Anger begins with folly, and ends with repentance.

Anger begins with folly, and ends with repentance.

We often pretend to fear what we really despise, and more often despise what we really fear.

We often pretend to fear what we really despise, and more often despise what we really fear.

Never ascribe to an opponent motives meaner than your own.

Never ascribe to an opponent motives meaner than your own.