Reading well is one of the great pleasures that solitude can afford you.
He was one of those men who think that the world can be saved by writing a pamphlet.
If a cluttered desk is the sign of a cluttered mind, what is the significance of a clean desk?
In all affairs it's a healthy thing now and then to hang a question mark on the things you have long taken for granted.
When you make a world tolerable for yourself, you make a world tolerable for others.
Human beings, who are almost unique in having the ability to learn from the experience of others, are also remarkable for their apparent disinclination to do so.
I have often wished I had time to cultivate modesty... But I am too busy thinking about myself.