“It is usually unbearably painful to read a book by an author who knows way less than you do, unless the book is a novel.”

“You are more likely to find three TVs inside a randomly selected house than you are to find a single book that is or was not read to pass an exam, to please God, or to be a better cook.”

“Many people know they’re working, but not what they’re working.”

“If Socrates was alive today he would say : I know that I know everything. That’s what contemporary philosophers do.”

“If a man has his eyes bound, you can encourage him as much as you like to stare through the bandage, but he’ll never see anything.”

“It’s easy to reach the top. You have to bow.”

“The most difficult thing about success is finding someone who would be happy for you.”

“It’s easy to write history. All the eyewitnesses are dead.”

“What do you want to be when you grow up,” asked the goat her ambitious lamb.” A wolf,” answered the lamb.”

“In women he doesn’t trust! He is an atheist.”

“Most of the very few people who would choose a good heart over riches would eventually use that to either make a lot of money, or attract men or women who are rich.”