God, conquered, will become Satan; Satan, conquering, will become God. May the fates spare me this terrible lot; I love the Hell which formed my genius. I love the Earth where I have done some good, if it be possible to do any good in this fearful world where beings live but by rapine.

People who don't count won't count.

An education isn't how much you have committed to memory, or even how much you know. It's being able to differentiate between what you know and what you don't.

Caress your phrase tenderly; it will end by smiling at you.

There are very honest people who do not think that they have had a bargain unless they have cheated a merchant.

When a thing has been said and well, have no scruple. Take it and copy it.

Word-carpentry is like any other kind of carpentry: you must join your sentences smoothly.