And then, not expecting it, you become middle-aged and anonymous. No one notices you. You achieve a wonderful freedom. It is a positive thing. You can move about unnoticed and invisible.

Small things amuse small minds.

Our society is dependent on some precarious mechanisms, and they are very dicey. They can easily collapse.

Envy has always hidden behind moral indignation.

In university they don't tell you that the greater part of the law is learning to tolerate fools.

On the news two dozen events of fantastically different importance are announced in exactly the same tone of voice. The voice doesn't discriminate between a divorce, a horse race, a war in the Middle East.

Parents should leave books lying around marked "forbidden" if they want their children to read.