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I must have a prodigious amount of mind; it takes me as much as a week, sometimes, to make it up!

The fear of death follows from the fear of life. A man who lives fully is prepared to die at any time.

All you need in this life is ignorance and confidence; then success is sure.

A clear conscience is the sure sign of a bad memory.

In a good bookroom you feel in some mysterious way that you are absorbing the wisdom contained in all the books through your skin, without even opening them.

What would men be without women? Scarce, sir...mighty scarce.

There isn't time, so brief is life, for bickerings, apologies, heartburnings, callings to account. There is only time for loving, and but an instant, so to speak, for that.

Classic? - a book which people praise and don't read.

I've had a lot of worries in my life, most of which never happened.

Don't part with your illusions. When they are gone you may still exist, but you have ceased to live.

Eat a live frog first thing in the morning and nothing worse will happen to you the rest of the day.

When I am king they shall not have bread and shelter only, but also teachings out of books, for a full belly is little worth where the mind is starved.