A nation is a society united by delusions about its ancestry and by common hatred of its neighbors.

Literature flourishes best when it is half a trade and half an art.

The happiest people seem to be those who have no particular cause for being happy except that they are so.

Originality is undetected plagiarism.

There are no rewards or punishments - only consequences.

Many people believe that they are attracted by God, or by Nature, when they are only repelled by man.