Anyone can see a forest fire. Skill lies in sniffing the first smoke.
The mind's ability to rationalize it's own shortcomings is unlimited; I am no exception.
The greatest productive force is human selfishness.
When you're rich, you don't have friends; you just have endless acquaintances.
In the absence of clearly-defined goals, we become strangely loyal to performing daily trivia until ultimately we become enslaved by it.
My dear, I used to think I was serving humanity . . . and I pleasured in the thought. Then I discovered that humanity does not want to be served; on the contrary it resents any attempt to serve it. So now I do what pleases myself.