We need anything politically important rationed out like Pez: small, sweet, and coming out of a funny, plastic head.
Inspiration does exist, but it must find you working.
The happiest is the person who suffers the least pain; the most miserable who enjoys the least pleasure.
There is nothing more dreadful than imagination without taste.
Speak properly, and in as few words as you can, but always plainly; for the end of speech is not ostentation, but to be understood.
Every moment of one's existence one is growing into more or retreating into less.
If you want to be respected, you must respect yourself.