"Whether a party can have much success without a woman present I must ask others to decide, but one thing is certain, no party is any fun unless seasoned with folly."
"If you keep thinking about what you want to do or what you hope will happen, you don't do it, and it won't happen."
"In the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is king."
"When I have a little money, I buy books; and if I have any left, I buy food and clothes."
"Give light, and the darkness will disappear of itself."
"Before you sleep, read something that is exquisite, and worth remembering."