Only one thing has to matter for everything to matter.

To be thirsty and to drink water is the perfection of sensuality rarely achieved. Sometimes you drink water; other times you are thirsty.

The quality of a man's mind can generally be judged by the size of his wastepaper basket.

Who learns most from a good book is the author.

The man who spends all his time looking up to heaven is not always the best; in fact, he is usually the worst.

The most original sin is not the thinker's but the poet's.

Try not to turn your life into a race, least of all an obstacle race.