I have never yet met anyone who did not think it was an agreeable sensation to cut tinfoil with scissors.

If it were true what in the end would be gained? Nothing but another truth. Is this such a mighty advantage? We have enough old truths still to digest, and even these we would be quite unable to endure if we did not sometimes flavor them with lies.

The man was such an intellectual he was of almost no use.

The highest level than can be reached by a mediocre but experienced mind is a talent for uncovering the weaknesses of those greater than itself.

One of the greatest creations of the human mind is the art of reviewing books without having read them.

He who is enamored of himself will at least have the advantage of being inconvenienced by few rivals.

What a blessing it would be if we could open and shut our ears...as easily as we open and shut our eyes.