"If you wish to converse with me,..." - Quote by Voltaire

“Work is often the father of pleasure.”

“Independence in the end is the fruit of injustice.”

“The only way to compel men to speak good of us is to do it.”

“I don't like typing messages on my phone. Some people get used to it.”

“To use many words to communicate few thoughts is everywhere the unmistakable sign of mediocrity. To gather much thought into few words stamps the man of genius.”

“. . . Then anyone who leaves behind him a written manual, and likewise anyone who receives it, in the belief that such writing will be clear and certain, must be exceedingly simple-minded. . . .”

“Successful people move on their own initiative but they know where they are going before they start.”

“One thing I do know is that poetry, to be understood, must be clear.”

“The minute a thing is long and complicated, it confuses. Whoever wrote the Ten Commandments made 'em short. They may not always be kept, but they are understood.”