"Write about what really interests you, whether it is real things or imaginary things, and nothing else."

"Worry is interest paid before it's due."

"Honesty is the best policy. If I lose mine honor, I lose myself."

"Liberty of thought is the life of the soul."

"Is politics nothing other than the art of deliberately lying?"

"Errors, mistakes, and humiliations are all necessary steps in the learning process."