The most incomprehensible talk comes from people who have no other use for language than to make themselves understood.

Solitude would be ideal if you could pick the people to avoid.

Christian morality prefers remorse to precede lust, and then lust not to follow.

Culture is the tacit agreement to let the means of subsistence disappear behind the purpose of existence.

The discovery of the North Pole is one of those realities which could not be avoided. It is the wages which human perseverance pays itself when it thinks that something is taking too long. The world needed a discoverer of the North Pole, and in all areas of social activity, merit was less important here than opportunity.

Talent is often a defect in character.

Truth is a clumsy servant that breaks the dishes while washing them.