Arthur Schopenhauer

Just remember, once you're over the hill you begin to pick up speed.

To free a person from error is to give, and not to take away.

With people of limited ability modesty is merely honesty. But with those who possess great talent it is hypocrisy.

Since the days of Greece and Rome, when the word 'citizen' was a title of honor, we have often seen more emphasis put on the rights of citizenship than on its responsibilities.

I am convinced that, except in a few extraordinary cases, one form or another of an unhappy childhood is essential to the formation of exceptional gifts.

Fame is very corrosive and you have to guard very strictly against it.