there are very few who can think, but every man wants to have an opinion; and what remains but to take it ready-made from others, instead of forming opinions for himself?

To conceal a want of real ideas, many make for themselves an imposing apparatus of long compound words, intricate flourishes and phrases, new and unheard-of expressions, all of which together furnish an extremely difficult jargon that sounds very learned. Yet with all this they say-precisely nothing.

There is no more mistaken path to happiness than worldliness, revelry, high life.

I love looking at famous people. Because of the way they look. Because of the way photography makes them look famous.

A man can surely do what he wills to do, but cannot determine what he wills.

A reproach can only hurt if it hits the mark. Whoever knows that he does not deserve a reproach can treat it with contempt.

Talent hits a target no one else can hit; Genius hits a target no one else can see.