In gambling the many must lose in order that the few may win.

German and Spanish are accessible to foreigners: English is not accessible even to Englishmen.

There is nothing in religion but fiction.

Never believe anything a writer tells you about himself. A man comes to believe in the end the lies he tells himself about himself.

The fact that we can become accustomed to anything, however disgusting at first, makes it necessary to examine carefully everything we have become accustomed to.

The only person who acts sensibly is my tailor. He takes my measure anew every time he sees me. Everyone else goes by their old measurements.

Every man is a revolutionist concerning the thing he understands. For example, every person who has mastered a profession is a skeptic concerning it, and consequently a revolutionist.