Too Much Agreement Kills The Chat.

As For Boredom ... I Notice That It Leaves Me As Soon As I Am Doing Something That Has Got To Be Done.

Is There Something In Trade That Desiccates And Flattens Out, That Turns Men Into Dried Leaves At The Age Of Forty? Certainly There Is. It Is Not Due To Trade But To Intensity Of Self-seeking, Combined With Narrowness Of Occupation. Business Has Destroyed The Very Knowledge In Us Of All Other Natural Forces Except Business.

If Any Of You ... Have A Mind To Make Himself Heard A Mile Off, You Must Make A Bonfire Of Your Reputations, And A Close Enemy Of Most Men Who Would Wish You Well.

Learning Is Not Easy, But Hard; Culture Is Severe. The Steps To Parnassus Are Steep And Terribly Arduous.

I Want To Find Someone On The Earth So Intelligent That He Welcomes Opinions Which He Condemns.