Of all the inhabitants of the inferno, none but Lucifer knows that hell is hell, and the secret function of purgatory is to make of heaven an effective reality.

It is easier to go down a hill than up, but the view is from the top.

We need a sense of the value of time - that is, of the best way to divide one's time into one's various activities.

The great advantage of being in a rut is that when one is in a rut, one knows exactly where one is.

You can only acquire really useful general ideas by first acquiring particular ideas . . . You cannot make bricks without straw.

It is within the experience of everyone that when pleasure and pain reach a certain intensity they are indistinguishable.

The price of Justice is eternal publicity.