In Berlin, things are serious but not hopeless. In Vienna, they are hopeless but not serious.

A child learns to discard his ideals, whereas a grown-up never wears out his short pants.

Love and art do not embrace what is beautiful but what is made beautiful by this embrace.

Most people are sick. But only a few know that this is something they can be proud of. These are the psychoanalysts.

I knew a man who carried his education in his vest pocket because there was more room there than in his head.

One of the most widespread diseases is diagnosis.

Psychoanalysis: a rabbit that was swallowed by a boa constrictor just wanted to see what it was like in there.