The effectiveness of work increases according to geometric progression if there are no interruptions.
Without a family, man, alone in the world, trembles with the cold.
We appreciate frankness from those who like us. Frankness from others is called insolence.
Memory is a great artist. For every man and for every woman it makes the recollection of his or her life a work of art and an unfaithful record.
We owe to the Middle Ages the two worst inventions of humanity - romantic love and gunpowder.
Smile, for everyone lacks self-confidence and more than any other one thing a smile reassures them.
The first recipe for happiness is: avoid too lengthy meditation on the past.
An artist must be a reactionary. He has to stand out against the tenor of the age and not go flopping along.
Self-pity comes so naturally to all of us. The most solid happiness can be shaken by the compassion of a fool.
Conversation would be vastly improved by the constant use of four simple words: I do not know.
Modesty and unselfishness - these are the virtues which men praise - and pass by.
Old age is far more than white hair, wrinkles, the feeling that it is too late and the game finished, that the stage belongs to the rising generations. The true evil is not the weakening of the body, but the indifference of the soul.
To be witty is not enough. One must possess sufficient wit to avoid having too much of it.
