If a man does not talk to himself, it is because he is not worth talking to.
A dead thing goes with the stream, but only a living thing can go against it.
Whatever else we may say of our own age, for good or evil, nobody is likely to call it an Age of Reason.
There are no rules of architecture for a castle in the clouds.
My life is passed in making bad jokes and seeing them turn into true prophecies.
Most modern freedom is at root fear. It is not so much that we are too bold to endure rules; it is rather that we are too timid to endure responsibilities.