Psychoanalysis is that mental illnes for which it regards itself a therapy.
Jealousy is a dog's bark which attracts thieves.
The mission of the press is to spread culture while destroying the attention span.
Stupidity is an elemental force for which no earthquake is a match.
I and my public understand each other very well; it does not hear what I say, and I don't say what it wants to hear.
Psychoanalysts are father confessors who like to listen to the sins of the father as well.
The making of a journalist: no ideas and the ability to express them.
Corruption is worse than prostitution. The latter might endanger the morals of an individual, the former invariably endangers the morals of the entire country.
A weak man has doubts before a decision, a strong man has them afterwards.
Chastity always takes its toll. In some it produces pimples; in others, sex laws.
A writer is someone who can make a riddle out of an answer.
Journalist: a person without any ideas but with an ability to express them; a writer whose skill is improved by a deadline: the more time he has, the worse he writes.
Life is an effort that deserves a better cause.
The world is a prison in which solitary confinement is preferable.
Education is what most receive, many pass on, and few possess.
Solitude would be ideal if you could pick the people to avoid.
To me all men are equal: there are jackasses everywhere, and I have the same contempt for them all.
Ask your neighbor only about things you know better yourself. Then his advice could prove valuable.
A woman who cannot be ugly is not beautiful.
Where do I find the time for not reading so many books?
What torture, this life in society! Often someone is obliging enough to offer me a light, and in order to oblige him I have to fish a cigarette out of my pocket.
How is the world ruled and how do wars start? Diplomats tell lies to journalists and then believe what they read.
One's need for loneliness is not satisfied if one sits at a table alone. There must be empty chairs as well.
Sexual enlightenment is justified insofar as girls cannot learn too soon how children do not come into the world.
Many things that I am experiencing I already remember.
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