“A man cannot have a better guide than himself, nor any physic better than a regular life.”

“any live man is better than any dead man but no live or dead man is very much better than any other live or dead man”

“121. Happy is the man who thinks himself no better than dirt.”

“An idle man has a constant tendency to torpidity. He has adopted the Indian maxim — that it is better to walk than to run, and better to stand than to walk, and better to sit than to stand, and better to lie than to sit. He hugs himself into the notion, that God calls him to be quiet.”

“Better to be screwed physically than financially.”

“It is better for a man to die at peace with himself than to live haunted by an evil conscience.”

“The earth was all before me. With a heart
Joyous, nor scared at its own liberty,
I look about; and should the chosen guide
Be nothing better than a wandering cloud,
I cannot miss my way.”

“I have been treated better than I should have been---not by life in general nor by the machinery of things but by women.”

“It is better to guide people than try to hammer them into a line.”

“A movie is never any better than the stupidest man connected with it.”