Intellectual ''work'' is misnamed; it is a pleasure, a dissipation, and is its own highest reward.
The truth is a precious commodity. That's why I use it so sparingly.
By common consent of all the nations and all the ages the most valuable thing in this world is the homage of men, whether deserved or undeserved.
The ancients stole all our ideas from us.
It is not best to use our morals weekdays, it gets them out of repair for Sunday.
Human beings seem to be a poor invention. If they are the noblest works of God where is the ignoblest?