A man is a poet if difficulties inherent in his art provide him with ideas; he is not a poet if they deprive him of ideas.
We hope vaguely but dread precisely.
Science is a collection of successful recipes.
God made everything out of nothing. But the nothingness shows through.
To hit someone means to adopt his point of view.
An attitude of permanent indignation signifies great mental poverty. Politics compels it votaries to take that line and you can see their minds growing more impoverished every day, from one burst of righteous indignation to the next.