There is no bore like a clever bore.
A man should be just cultured enough to be able to look with suspicion upon culture at first, not second hand.
Man is God's highest present development. He is the latest thing in God.
Think of and look at your work as though it were done by your enemy. I you look at it to admire it, you are lost.
The oldest books are only just out to those who have not read them.
Is life worth living? This is a question for an embryo not for a man.