If I had my life to live again. I'd make the same mistakes, only sooner.

If I had my life to live again. I'd make the same mistakes, only sooner.

For parlor use, the vague generality is a life saver.

For parlor use, the vague generality is a life saver.

Only if we can restrain ourselves is good conversation possible. Good talk rises upon much discipline.

Only if we can restrain ourselves is good conversation possible. Good talk rises upon much discipline.

I have made decisions that turned out to be wrong, and went back and did it another way, and still read more

I have made decisions that turned out to be wrong, and went back and did it another way, and still took less time than many who procrastinated over the original decision. Your brain is capable of handling 140, 000 million bits of information in one second, and if you take hours or days or weeks to reach a vital decision, you are short-circuiting your most valuable property.

Consider how hard it is to change yourself and you'll understand what little chance you have in trying to change read more

Consider how hard it is to change yourself and you'll understand what little chance you have in trying to change others.

The consuming desire of most human beings is deliberately to plant their whole life in the hands of some other read more

The consuming desire of most human beings is deliberately to plant their whole life in the hands of some other person. I would describe this method of searching for happiness as immature. Development of character consists solely in moving toward self-sufficiency.

I love fools experiments. I am always making them.

I love fools experiments. I am always making them.

Never let the other fellow set the agenda.

Never let the other fellow set the agenda.

They have come up with a perfect understanding. He won't try to run her life, and he won't try to read more

They have come up with a perfect understanding. He won't try to run her life, and he won't try to run his, either.