“Doing well is a result of doing good.”

“People do not deserve good writing, they are so pleased with bad.”

“Those who stay away from the election think that one vote will do no good. 'Tis but one step more to think one vote will do no harm.”

“This time, like all times, is a very good one, if we but know what to do with it.”

“We write from aspiration and antagonism, as well as from experience. We paint those qualities which we do not posses.”

“Let the Stoics say what they please, we do not eat for the good of living, but because the meat is savory and the appetite is keen.”

“Men do what is called a good action, as some piece of courage or charity, much as they would pay a fine in expiation of daily non-appearance on parade. Their works are done as an apology or extenuation of their living in the world. I do not wish to expiate, but to live. My life is not an apology, but a life.”