Ambition - it is the last infirmity of noble minds.

Rudeness is a weak imitation of strength.

Never leave that till tomorrow which you can do today.

When you have shot one bird flying you have shot all birds flying. They are all different and they fly in different ways but the sensation is the same and the last one is as good as the first.

No member of our generation who wasn't a Communist or a dropout in the thirties is worth a damn.

Happy is he who can trace effects to their causes.

Light may earth's crumbling sand be laid on thee, that dogs may dig thy bones up easily.

The creation of something new is not accomplished by the intellect but by the play instinct acting from inner necessity. The creative mind plays with the objects it loves.

One of the best temporary cures for pride and affectation is seasickness, a man who wants to vomit never puts on airs.

Mourn for me rather as living than as dead.

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