Art: to nudge truth along a little.
To succeed you must add water to your wine, until there is no more wine.
The reward of great men is that, long after they have died, one is not quite sure that they are dead
Failure is not our only punishment for laziness; there is also the success of others.
We are in the world to laugh. In purgatory or in hell we shall no longer be able to do so. And in heaven it would not be proper.
Clarity is the politeness of the man of letters.