The tragedy of life is not so much what men suffer, but rather what they miss.
In a symbol there is concealment and yet revelation: here therefore, by Silence and by Speech acting together, comes a double significance.
Teach a parrot the terms 'supply and demand' and you've got an economist.
There is always hope in a man that actually and earnestly works: in Idleness alone is there perpetual despair.
Metaphysics is the attempt of the mind to rise above the mind.
A poor creature who has said or done nothing worth a serious man taking the trouble of remembering.