The great pleasure of a dog is that you may make a fool of yourself with him and not only will he not scold you, but he will make a fool of himself too.

To live is like to love - all reason is against it, and all healthy instinct for it.

The only living works are those which have drained much of the author's own life into them.

Don't learn to do, but learn in doing.

The advantage of doing one's praising for oneself is that one can lay it on so thick and exactly in the right places.

Books are like imprisoned souls till someone takes them down from a shelf and frees them.

Fear is static that prevents me from hearing myself.