“A classic is something that everybody wants to have read and nobody wants to read.”

“Our knowledge is a little island in a great ocean of nonknowledge.”

“Write a wise saying and your name will live forever.”

“Only the mediocre are always at their best.”

“Life ought to be a struggle of desire toward adventures whose nobility will fertilize the soul.”

“No man needs a vacation so much as the man who has just had one.”

“A lawyer starts life giving $500 worth of law for $5 and ends giving $5 worth for $500.”

“There is only one difference between a madman and me. I am not mad.”

“Work is much more fun than fun.”

“Many of life’s failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up.”