And it's the educated barbarian who is the worst: he knows what to destroy.

Expect the worst, and you won't be disappointed.

The mind is more vulnerable than the stomach, because it can be poisoned without feeling immediate pain.

one doesn't measure friendship by length of time only; depth of time is just as valuable.

Inquisitive people aren't really very attractive, are they?

The sad discovery of the adult world was the permanent truth: you don't always do what you want to do; you do what you must.

Nihilists expend everything and everyone except themselves. They are the indispensable men, without whom the world might try to live almost happily.