[Chess] is a foolish expedient for making idle people believe they are doing something very clever, when they are only wasting their time.

You must not suppose, because I am a man of letters, that I never tried to earn an honest living.

To understand a saint, you must hear the devil's advocate; and the same is true of the artist.

Martyrdom, sir, is what these people like: it is the only way in which a man can become famous without ability.

The best way to fill time is to waste it.

Visits are insatiable devourers of time, and fit only for those who, if they did not that, would do nothing.

The time you enjoy wasting is not wasted time.