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I never let schooling interfere with my education.

Grief can take care if itself, but to get the full value of a joy you must have somebody to divide it with.

Ideally a book would have no order to it, and the reader would have to discover his own.

A man who carries a cat by the tail learns something he can learn in no other way.

I was seldom able to see an opportunity until it had ceased to be one.

Apparently there is nothing that cannot happen today.

Don't tell fish stories where the people know you; but particularly, don't tell them where they know the fish.

Don't say the old lady screamed. Bring her on and let her scream.

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

Don't let schooling interfere with your education.

Don't go around saying the world owes you a living. The world owes you nothing. It was here first.

A man is never more truthful than when he acknowledges himself a liar.

Always do right. This will gratify some people and astonish the rest.

As an example to others, and not that I care for moderation myself, it has always been my rule never to smoke when asleep, and never to refrain from smoking when awake.

Everything has its limit - iron ore cannot be educated into gold.