God — the John Doe of philosophy and religion.

If I supply you with a thought, you may remember it and you may not. But if I can make you think a thought for yourself, I have indeed added to your stature.

There is something that is much more scarce, something finer far, something rarer than ability. It is the ability to recognize ability.

Grammar is the grave of letters.

Writers seldom write the things they think. They simply write the things they think other folks think they think.

Success - To rise from the illusion of pursuit to the disillusion of possession.

When trouble comes, wise men take to their work; weak men take to the woods.