When men are most sure and arrogant they are commonly most mistaken, giving views to passion without that proper deliberation which alone can secure them from the grossest absurdities.
"The art of the novel is the art of being simultaneously inside and outside of things."
The best investment strategy is to hold a diversified portfolio of low-cost index funds.
The person who tries to live alone will not succeed as a human being. His heart withers if it does not answer another heart. His mind shrinks away if he hears only the echoes of his own thoughts and finds no other inspiration.
The beauty of mathematics is not in its complexity, but in its simplicity and the profound truths it reveals about the universe.