If you do not say a thing in an irritating way, you may as well not say it at all because people will not trouble themselves about anything that does not trouble them.

When commenting on the turmoil and disorder of the world, If the other planets are inhabited, they must be using this earth as their insane asylum.

All problems are finally scientific problems.

In an ugly and unhappy world the richest man can purchase nothing but ugliness and unhappiness.

When asked which dog wins, he reflected for a moment and replied, "The one I feed the most."

A true artist will let his wife starve, his children go barefoot, his mother drudge for his living at seventy, sooner than work at anything but his art.

Besides, do any of us understand what we are doing? If we did, would we ever do it?