The only way to write a great book is to write it with the eyes of a child who sees things for the first time.

A man of sixty has spent twenty years in bed and over three years in eating.

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

A true friend is one who likes you despite your achievements.

Worry is evidence of an ill-controlled brain; it is merely a stupid waste of time in unpleasantness.

I know people who read and read, and for all the good it does them, they might as well cut bread and butter. Unless you give at least 45 minutes of careful, fatiguing reflection upon what you are reading, your minutes are chiefly wasted.

A cause may be inconvenient, but it's magnificent. It's like champagne or high heels, and one must be prepared to suffer for it.