That is the whole trouble with being a heretic. One usually must think out everything for oneself..

The essence of success is that it is never necessary to think of a new idea oneself. It is far better to wait until somebody else does it, and then ….

Fate is something you believe in when things are not going well. When they are, you forget it..

The poor have no business with culture and should beware of it. They cannot eat it; they cannot sell it; they can only pass it on to others and that ….

It is a mark of genius not to astonish but to be astonished..