Righteous people have no sense of humor.

The finest plans are always ruined by the littleness of those who ought to carry them out, for emperor himself can actually be nothing.

If you fight you might lose, if you don't you have already lost.

When something seems ‘the most obvious thing in the world’ it means that any attempt to understand the world has been given up.

When you name yourself, you always name another.

If art reflects life, it does so with special mirrors.

Recently my fingers have developed a prejudice against comparatives. They all follow this pattern: a squirrel is smaller than a tree; a bird is more musical than a tree. Each of us is the strongest one in his or her own skin. Characteristics should take off their hats to one another, instead of spitting in each other's faces.