“Fame is a constant effort”
“Words are the small change of thought.”
“A cold in the head causes less suffering than an idea.”
“On earth there is no heaven, but there are pieces of it.”
“We spend our lives talking about this mystery. Our life.”
“If you are afraid of being lonely, don't try to be right.”
“A beautiful line of verse has twelve feet, and two wings.”
“Socialism must come down from the brain and reach the heart.”
“There are moments when everything goes well, but don't be frightened.”
“Truth makes many appeals, not the least of which is its power to shock.”
“Love is like an hourglass, with the heart filling up as the brain empties.”
“There are good and bad times, but our mood changes more often than our fortune.”
“I finally know what distinguishes man from the other beasts: financial worries.”
“Failure is not our only punishment for laziness; there is also the success of others.”
“Talent is a matter of quantity. Talent does not write on page, it writes three hundred.”
“Writing is the only profession where no one considers you ridiculous if you earn no money.”
“Words are the coins making up the currency of sentences, and there are always too many small coins.”
“The reward of great men is that, long after they have died, one is not quite sure that they are dead.”
“Don't tell a woman she's pretty; tell her there's no other woman like her, and all roads will open to you.”