Books are the carriers of civilization.
Without books, history is silent, literature dumb, science crippled, thought and speculation at a standstill.
I think that there is nothing, not even crime, more opposed to poetry, to philosophy, ay, to life itself than this incessant business.
Do not be too moral.
You may cheat yourself out of much life.
Aim above morality.
Be not simply good, be good for something.
Go confidently in the direction of your dreams!
As you simplify your life, the laws of the universe will be simpler.
