No psychologist should pretend to understand what he does not understand... Only fools and charlatans know everything and understand nothing.

Of course politics is an interesting and engrossing thing. It offers no immutable laws, nearly always prevaricates, but as far asblather and sharpening the mind go, it provides inexhaustible material.

There should be more sincerity and heart in human relations, more silence and simplicity in our interactions. Be rude when you're angry, laugh when something is funny, and answer when you're asked.

The world perishes not from bandits and fires, but from hatred, hostility, and all these petty squabbles.

I am now and have always been a stranger to the realm of practical matters.

Medicine is my lawful wife and literature my mistress; when I get tired of one, I spend the night with the other.

Dear, sweet, unforgettable childhood!