I prefer the honest jargon of reality to the outright lies of books.

Think? Why think! We have computers to do that for us.

We must watch over our modesty in the presence of those who cannot understand its grounds.

Never feel remorse for what you have thought about your wife; she has thought much worse things about you.

I don't judge a regime by the damning criticism of the opposition, but by the ingenuous praise of the partisan.

In our ideals we unwittingly reveal our vices.

Falsity cannot keep an idea from being beautiful; there are certain errors of such ingenuity that one could regret their not ranking among the achievements of the human mind.