Every one being allowed to learn to read, ruineth in the long run not only writing but also thinking.

He who knoweth the reader, doeth nothing more for the reader. Another century of readers - and spirit itself will stink.

If one seeks relief from unbearable pressure, one is to eat hashish.

There was at all events one advantage in the choice of this day to my birth; my birthday throughout the whole of my childhood was a day of public rejoicing.

The golden fleece of self-sufficiency guards against cudgel- blows but not against pin-pricks.

The condition that gives birth to a rule is not the same as the condition to which the rule gives birth.

All great men are play actors of their own ideal.