There is no more unfortunate creature under the sun than a fetishist who yearns for a woman's shoe and has to settle for the whole woman.

It is the style of idealism to console itself for the loss of something old with the ability to gape at something new.

Education is a crutch with which the foolish attack the wise to prove that they are not idiots.

What the teachers digest, the pupils eat.

An aphorism is never exactly true; it is either a half-truth or one-and-a-half truths.

War: first, one hopes to win; then one expects the enemy to lose; then, one is satisfied that he too is suffering; in the end, one is surprised that everyone has lost.

If you wish to form a clear judgment on your friends, consult your dreams.