Human beings have an inalienable right to invent themselves.
Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some hire public relations officers.
Even the best of friends need time apart.
Everything of importance has been said before by somebody who did not discover it.
I have enjoyed greatly the second blooming... suddenly you find - at the age of 50, say - that a whole new life has opened before you.
A wise man can see more from the bottom of a well than a fool can from a mountain top .
My pessimism extends to the point of even suspecting the sincerity of the pessimists.