Vanity Is A Motive Of Immense Potency.

I Am Sometimes Shocked By The Blasphemies Of Those Who Think Themselves Pious.

I Often Long To . . . Give Up My Life To Love Of My Neighbour. This Is Really A Temptation.

Your Writing Is Never As Good As You Hoped; But Never As Bad As You Feared.

Experience Has Taught Me A Technique For Dealing With Such People [...] I Counter The Devotees Of The Great Pyramid By Adoration Of The Sphinx; And The Devotee Of Nuts By Pointing Out That Hazelnuts And Walnuts Are As Deleterious As Other Foods And Only Brazil Nuts Should Be Tolerated. But When I Was Younger I Had Not Yet Acquired This Technique, With The Result That My Contacts With Cranks Were Sometimes Alarming.

No Great Achievement Is Possible Without Persistent Work.