A book calls for pen, ink, and a writing desk; today the rule is that pen, ink, and a writing desk call for a book.

These small things -- nutrition, place, climate, recreation, the whole casuistry of selfishness -- are inconceivably more important than everything one has taken to be important so far.

Madness is rare in individuals, but in groups, parties, nations and ages is it the rule

I love those who do not know how to live for today.

All I need is a sheet of paper
and something to write with, and then
I can turn the world upside down.

Twofold misjudgement. - The misfortune suffered by clear-minded and easily understood writers is that they are taken for shallow and thus little effort is expended on reading them: and the good fortune that attends the obscure is that the reader toils at them and ascribes to them the pleasure he has in fact gained from his own zeal.