By a Carpenter mankind was made, and only by that Carpenter can mankind be remade.

Amongst the learned the lawyers claim first place, the most self-satisfied class of people, as they roll their rock of Sisyphus and string together six hundred laws in the same breath, no matter whether relevant or not, piling up opinion on opinion and gloss on gloss to make their profession seem the most difficult of all. Anything which causes trouble has special merit in their eyes.

The desire to write grows with writing.

Nothing is as peevish and pedantic as men's judgments of one another.

War is sweet to those who haven't tasted it. Dulce bellum inexpertis.

Ask a wise man to dinner and he'll upset everyone by his gloomy silence or tiresome questions. Invite him to a dance and you'll have a camel prancing about. Haul him off to a public entertainment and his face will be enough to spoil the people's entertainment.

Concealed talent brings no reputation.