Every beginning is a consequence - every beginning ends some thing.

The folly of mistaking a paradox for a discovery, a metaphor for a proof, a torrent of verbiage for a spring of capital truths, and oneself for an oracle, is inborn in us.

Our most important thoughts are those that contradict our emotions.

Poe is the only impeccable writer. He was never mistaken.

Just as water, gas, and electricity are brought into our houses from far off to satisfy our needs in response to a minimal effort, so we shall be supplied with visual or auditory images, which will appear and disappear at a simple movement of the hand, hardly more than a sign.

Every social system is more or less against nature, and at every moment nature is at work to reclaim her rights.

Books have the same enemies as people: fire, humidity, animals, weather, and their own content.