Men prominent in life are mostly hard to converse with. They lack small-talk, and at the same time one doesn't like to confront them with their own great themes.
People who insist on telling their dreams are among the terrors of the breakfast table.
To destroy is still the strongest instinct of our nature.
To give and then not feel that one has given is the very best of all ways of giving.
The one real goal of education is to leave a person asking questions.
People are either born hosts or born guests.