I am a physician. I keep a drug-shop of lies. I give relief, consolation. Can one console and relieve without lying? ... Only women and doctors know how necessary and how helpful lies are to men.

The books that everybody admires are those that nobody reads.

The mania of thinking renders one unfit for every activity.

Of all the ways of defining man, the worst is the one which makes him out to be a rational animal.

Dictionary: The universe in alphabetical order.

It is good to collect things, but it is better to go on walks.

Nine tenths of education is encouragement.