Maybe this world is another planet's Hell. An unexciting truth may be eclipsed by a thrilling lie. Every ceiling, when reached, becomes a floor, upon which one walks as a matter of course and prescriptive right. The rung of a ladder was never meant to rest upon, but only to hold a man's foot long enough to enable him to put the other somewhat higher.
Genius is a child up to the age of ten.
Habit converts luxurious enjoyments into dull and daily necessities. There is only one corner of the universe you can be certain of improving, and that's your own self. Let us thank heaven for hypocrisy. Experience is not what happens to you. It is what you do with what happens to you.