What matters deafness of the ear, when the mind hears? The one true deafness, the incurable deafness, is that of the mind.
When a woman is talking to you, listen to what she says with her eyes.
A creditor is worse than a slave-owner; for the master owns only your person, but a creditor owns your dignity, and can command it.
Tobacco is the plant that converts thoughts into dreams.
My day's work will begin again the next morning. The tomb is not a blind alley.
If a writer wrote merely for his time, I would have to break my pen and throw it away.