No man manages his affairs as well as a tree does
Do not try to live forever. You will not succeed.
You use a glass mirror to see your face; you use works of art to see your soul.
As 99 per cent of English authors and 100 per cent of American ones [authors] are just such imbeciles, managers and publishers make a practice of asking for every right the author possesses.
He who can, does. He who cannot, teaches.
I don't like the idea of killing my fellow creatures in order to eat their dead bodies.