"Man's drive for self expression, which over centuries built his monuments, does not stay within set bounds; the creations, which yesterday were the detested and obscene, become the classics of today."

"My dreams were all my own; I accounted them to nobody; They were my refuge when annoyed - my dearest pleasure when free."

"But search the land of living men, Wher wilst thou find their like again."

"He was burned, so he ran into the bamboo grove, but the grove caught fire."

"A man desires praise that he may be reassured, that he may be quit of his doubting of himself; he is indifferent to applause when he is confident of success."

"Of all the nonsense that twists the world, the concept of 'altruism' is the worst. People do what they want to do, every time."

"Don't be content by just beating others expectations, beat your own expectations as well. And you should expect nothing less but to win."

"Promote yourself, but do not demote another."

"When you're born you get a ticket to the freak show. When you're born in America, you get a front row seat."

"Opinions alter, manners change, creeds rise and fall, but the moral laws are written on the table of eternity."

"I never came upon any of my discoveries through the process of rational thinking."

"Few things in life are more embarrassing than the necessity of having to inform an old friend that you have just got engaged to his fiancee."