The barometer that shows "variable" is an ironic indictment of God.

A piece of advice always contains an implicit threat, just as a threat always contains an implicit piece of advice.

The quality of a man's mind can generally be judged by the size of his wastepaper basket.

To be young is to live in the hope of escaping youth; to be old, in the despair of having succeeded.

The novel is born of disillusionment; the poem, of despair.

Try not to turn your life into a race, least of all an obstacle race.

A woman who does not become the slave of just one man becomes the slave of all men.