Drinking makes uninteresting people matter less and late at night, matter not at all.
The world is out of shapewhen there are hungry men.
Intellectuals can tell themselves anything, sell themselves any bill of goods, which is why they were so often patsies for the ruling classes in 19th-century France and England, or 20th-century Russia and America.
The happy problem of our time - longer life.
It is best to act with confidence, no matter how little right you have to it.
Writers are interesting people, but often mean and petty.