Where there is too much, something is missing.
People say: idle curiosity. The one thing that curiosity cannot be is idle.
Why did God give me two ears and one mouth? So that I will hear more and talk less.
Happiness, in the ancient, noble sense, means self-fulfillment—and is given to those who use to the fullest whatever talents God … bestowed upon them.
Every writer is a narcissist. This does not mean that he is vain; it only means that he is hopelessly self-absorbed.
Many [of the Americans] polled showed a marked disapproval of the Wallonians, Danerians, and Pirenians. The fact that these minorities were invented by the pollster did not diminish the hostility.