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The folly of mistaking a paradox for a discovery, a metaphor for a proof, a torrent of verbiage for a spring of capital truths, and oneself for an oracle, is inborn in us.
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A businessman is a hybrid of a dancer and a calculator.
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The best way to make your dreams come true is to wake up.
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An artist never really finishes his work, he merely abandons it.
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Books have the same enemies as people: fire, humidity, animals, weather, and their own content.
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Power without abuse loses its charm.
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A man who is 'of sound mind' is one who keeps the inner madman under lock and key.
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A man's true secrets are more secret to himself than they are to others.
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Politeness is organized indifference.
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The future, like everything else, is not what it used to be.
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In poetry everything which must be said is almost impossible to say well.
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Serious-minded people have few ideas. People with ideas are never serious.
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We are enriched by our reciprocate differences.