Jorge Luis Borges

Nothing is built on stone; all is built on sand, but we must build as if the sand were stone.

Democracy is an abuse of statistics.

Like all writers, he measured the achievements of others by what they had accomplished, asking of them that they measure him by what he envisaged or planned.

If you're not having a good time, find something else that gives you some joy in life.

It is always the same: women bedeck themselves with jewels and furs, and men with wit and quotations.