If the world is irrational, we can never know it -- either it or its irrationality.

Why administrators are respected and schoolteachers are not: An administrator is paid a lot for doing very little, while a teacher is paid very little for doing a lot.

The distrust of wit is the beginning of tyranny.

Nobody has so many friends that he can afford to lose one.

Writers should avoid the academy. When a writer begins to accept pay for talking about words, we know what he will produce soon: nothing but words.

The missionaries go forth to Christianize the savages - as if the savages weren't dangerous enough already.

It is always dishonest for a reviewer to review the author instead of the author's book.