The only excuse for making a useless thing is that one admires it intensely. All art is quite useless.
There is nothing so difficult to marry as a large nose.
The intellect is not a serious thing, and never has been. It is an instrument on which one plays, that is all.
Life is too short to be in a hurry.
History is only gossip.
Always borrow money from a pessimist. He won't expect it back.