A man is a worker. If he is not that he is nothing. - Joseph Conrad

One wonders that there can be found a man courageous enough to occupy the post. It is a matter of meditation. Having given it a few minutes I come to the conclusion in the serenity of my heart and the peace of my conscience that he must be either an extreme megalomaniac or an utterly unconscious being.

In plucking the fruit of memory one runs the risk of spoiling its bloom.

Protection is the first necessity of opulence and luxury.