Courage is the capacity to confront what can be imagined.
First-rate people hire first-rate people; second-rate people hire third-rate people.
Humor is the affectionate communication of insight.
I learned that it is the weak who are cruel, and that gentleness is to be expected only from the strong.
Every writer is a narcissist. This does not mean that he is vain; it only means that he is hopelessly self-absorbed.
A conservative is one who admires radicals centuries after they're dead.