The secret to success is to offend the greatest number of people

The secret to success is to offend the greatest number of people.

People always get tired of one another. I grow tired of myself whenever I am left alone for ten minutes, and I am certain that I am fonder of myself than anyone can be of another person.

I dread success. To have succeeded is to have finished one's business on earth, like the male spider, who is killed by the female the moment he has succeeded in his courtship. I like a state of continual becoming, with a goal in front and not behind.

Success covers a multitude of blunders

Nobel prize money is a life-belt thrown to a swimmer who has already reached the shore in safety