"A genius is no more—and no less—than someone who insists on the truth, while others face the other way."
- Neel Burton
"My cough is much worse at night and often prevents me from sleeping. It is not so much the daytime tiredness that I resent, but the inability to proceed uninter- rupted with my dreams, to run and play..."
"Philosophy is a bitter medicine with many fearsome side effects, but if you are able to stomach it, it can cure your soul of the many ills and infirmities of ignorance. Given the choice, most men pref..."
"Many things can prolong your life, but only wisdom can save it."
"Drinking turns a fool into a merry fool."