There is perhaps no better way of measuring the natural endowment of a soul than by its ability to transmute dissatisfaction into a creative impulse.

A passionate obsession with the outside world or the private lives of others is an attempt to compensate for a lack of meaning in one's own life

Unpredictability, too, can become monotonous.

The greatest weariness comes from work not done.

Naivete in grownups is often charming; but when coupled with vanity it is indistinguishable from stupidity.

Power corrupts the few, while weakness corrupts the many.

We all have private ails. The troublemakers are they who need public cures for their private ails.