Men of genius do not excel in any profession because they labor in it, but they labor in it because they excel.
My wish is to ride the tempest, tame the waves, kill the sharks. I will not resign myself...
Calamities are of two kinds: misfortunes to ourselves, and good fortune to others.
Before we set our hearts too much upon anything, let us examine how happy those are who already possess it.
In an industrial society which confuses work and productivity, the necessity of producing has always been an enemy of the desire to create.
Talk sense to a fool and he calls you foolish.
You don't stop laughing because you grow old. You grow old because you stop laughing.