I could never figure out - or probably did not take the trouble to figure out - what the great philosophical problems are about. The momentous statements I come across are at best a storm in a teacup. There are quite a number of people who have a vested interest in the stuff, make a noble living out of it, and they conspire with one another to keep it alive.

Disraeli felt that 'nothing could compensate his obscure youth, not even a glorious old age.' Practically all writers and artists are aware of their destiny an…

In all my life I never competed for fortune, for a woman, or for fame. I learned to write in total isolation. My first work was also my best, and the first thi…

Some people have no original ideas because they do not think well enough of themselves to consider their ideas worth noticing and developing.

Que sais-je?

That which has always been accepted by everyone, everywhere, is almost certain to be false.

It is commonly said, and more particularly by Lord Shaftesbury, that ridicule is the best test of truth.