"If A is a success in life, then A equals x plus y plus z. Work is x; y is play; and z is keeping your mouth shut."

"The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits."

"Technological progress is like an axe in the hands of a pathological criminal."

"A table, a chair, a bowl of fruit and a violin; what else does a man need to be happy?"

"The Chinese don't sit on benches while eating but squat like Europeans do when they relieve themselves out in the leafy woods."