The smile of a politician is strong and friendly, but noncommittal.
I can imagine many things, but few clearly.
Nature often seems like an idea that has had its day.
Natural Man, in our current version, is a disgruntled adolescent.
Talent shuffles the deck. Genius brings a new deck.
Genius knows where the questions are hidden.
Artistic inspiration ignores the law of supply and demand.
The muse is blind as Cupid and skittish as Diana.
Fruitless striving breeds less despair than inaction.
We often disguise our reflexes as deliberate actions.
Make the expectations lively enough, and action will follow.
The parade was here, but it disappeared around a corner.
Do as you like – if you know what it is.
The ugly can achieve an absoluteness beyond the reach of beauty.
Confess to the misdeeds you cannot hide.
Self-blame usually has an undertone of self-congratulation.
To postpone unpleasantness is human; to forget it is divine.
Human nature is a scoundrel’s favorite explanation.
God improvises. Man systematizes.
Hope, and hopelessness, persist despite the facts.