In a hollow head there is much room for knowledge.

It is better not to express what one means than to express what one does not mean.

If one reads a newspaper only for information, one does not learn the truth, not even the truth about the paper. The truth is that the newspaper is not a statement of contents but the contents themselves; and more than that, it is an instigator.

The most incomprehensible talk comes from people who have no other use for language than to make themselves understood.

A father's pride, laid on thick, has always made me wish that the fellow had at least experienced some pain during procreation.

When I don't make any progress, it is because I have bumped into the wall of language. Then I draw back with a bloody head. And would like to go on.

Someone who can write aphorisms should not fritter away his time in essays.