There are many foolish people in the world and when a man in a rather high position puts on no frills, slaps them on the back, and tells them he'll do anything in the world for them, they are very likely to think him clever.

Perfect is determined in shortened measures of time, not over long periods of time or lifetimes. It would be unnatural.

Tradition is a guide and not a jailer.

It is not for nothing that artists have called their works the children of their brains and likened the pains of production to the pains of childbirth.

The only important thing in a book is the meaning that it has for you.

Money is like a sixth sense without which you cannot make a complete use of the other five.

The subjunctive mood is in its death throes, and the best thing to do is to put it out of its misery as soon as possible.