Pessimism Is The Affectation Of Youth, The

For My Own Purpose, I Defined The Art Of Fiction As Experience Illuminated.

Nothing In Life Is So Hard That You Can't Make It Easier By The Way You Take It.

True Goodness Is An Inward Grace, Not An Outward Necessity.

What I Hated Even More Than The Conflict Was The Lurid Spectacle Of A World Of Unreason.

First, I Was An Idealist (that Was Early - Fools Are Born, Not Made, You Know); Next I Was A Realist; Now I Am A Pessimist, And, By Jove! If Things Get Much Worse I'll Become A Humorist.