Me parece imposible demostrar que somos la obra de un ser superior y no el pasatiempo de uno bastante defectuoso. - Georg Christoph Lichtenberg

Do we write books so that they shall merely be read? Don't we also write them for employment in the household? For one that is read from start to finish, thousands are leafed through, other thousands lie motionless, others are jammed against mouseholes, thrown at rats, others are stood on, sat on, drummed on, have gingerbread baked on them or are used to light pipes.

Es una lástima que beber agua no sea pecado, clama un italiano, ¡qué bien sabría!

It is certainly not a matter of indifference whether I learn something without effort or finally arrive at it myself through my system of thought. In the latter case everything has roots, in the former it is merely superficial.