“An intellectual is a man who takes more words than necessary to tell more than he knows.”
“He suffers more than necessary, who suffers before it is necessary.”
“A censor is a man who knows more than he thinks you ought to.”
“And jewels and words are no less and no more necessary than cotton and silence.”
“The man who does more than he is paid for will soon be paid for more than he does.”
“An honest man is one who knows that he can't consume more than he has produced.”