The devil is an optimist if he thinks he can make people worse than they are.

When I take up my pen, nothing can happen to me. Fate, remember that.

In the theater one must sit in such a way that one sees the audience as a dark mass. Then it cannot bother one more than it does an actor. Nothing is more disturbing than being able to distinguish individuals in the crowd.

Through my satire I make little people so big that afterwards they are worthy objects of my satire and no one can reproach me any longer.

The mission of the press is to spread culture while destroying the attention span.

In a well-run mental household there ought to be a thorough cleaning at the threshold of consciousness a few times a year.

An idea's birth is legitimate if one has the feeling that one is catching oneself plagiarizing oneself.