Mothers easily become jealous of their sons' friends when they are particularly successful. As a rule a mother loves herself in her son more than she does the son himself.

I mistrust all systematizers and avoid them. the will to a system is a lack of integrity.

Blessed are the forgetful: for they get the better even of their blunders.

I do not give alms; I am not poor enough for that.

The usual false conclusions of mankind are these: a thing exists, therefore it has a right to exist.

Little prigs and three-quarter madmen may have the conceit that the laws of nature are constantly broken for their sakes.

One hears - one does not seek; one takes - one does not ask who gives.