It is not that which is beautiful that pleases us, but that which pleases is is called beautiful.

Happiness comes only when we push our brains and hearts to the farthest reaches of which we are capable.

Where there is too much, something is missing.

The love of money is the source of an enormous amount of good; the fact that the good is a by-product of the selfish pursuit of riches has nothing to do with its indisputable value.

First-rate people hire first-rate people; second-rate people hire third-rate people.

There was no answer, no solution, no sop, no deliverance. What, then, did I do? I read faster.

Hope is ambiguous, but fear is precious.