The Greedy Search For Money Or Success

Style Is The Outcome Of Constraint.

For Intelligent People, Action Often Means Escape From Thought, But It Is A Reasonable And A Wise Escape.

We Owe To The Middle Ages The Two Worst Inventions Of Humanity - Romantic Love And Gunpowder.

Writing Is A Difficult Trade Which Must Be Learned Slowly By Reading Great Authors; By Trying At The Outset To Imitate Them; By Daring Then To Be Original; By Destroying One's First Productions.

What Men Call Friendship Is Only Social Intercourse, An Exchange Of Favours And Good Offices; It Comes Down To A Commercial Dealing In Which Self-esteem Always Expects To Profit.