A classic is something that everybody wants to have read and nobody wants to read.
You don't have to cook fancy or complicated masterpieces - just good food from fresh ingredients.
The perfect bureaucrat everywhere is the man who manages to make no decisions and escape all responsibility.
Think of life as a terminal illness, because, if you do, you will live it with joy and passion, as it ought to be lived.
If one sticks too rigidly to one's principles, one would hardly see anybody.
Nothing in the world can take the place of Persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent. The slogan 'Press On' has solved and always will solve the problems of the human race.
The secret of greatness is simple: do better work than any other man in your field - and keep on doing it.