“Worrying is like paying a debt you don't owe.”

“Don't go around thinking the world owes you a living. It was here first.”

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

“The world owes you nothing. It was here first.”

“Write without pay until somebody offers to pay.”

“There are people who strictly deprive themselves of each and every eatable, drinkable, and smokable which has in any way acquired a shady reputation. They pay this price for health. And health is all they get for it. How strange it is. It is like paying out your whole fortune for a cow that has gone dry.”

“If you don't like the weather in New England now, just wait a few minutes.”