A snob is unreliable. The work he praises might just be good.

Sorrento, August. For two weeks now I haven't heard a German word or understood an Italian one. This way one can manage to live with people; everything goes like clockwork and no irksome misunderstanding can arise.

Many women would like to dream with men without sleeping with them. Someone should point out to them that this is utterly impossible.

It is a mystery to me how a theologian can be praised for having brought himself to disbelieve dogmas. I've always thought that those who have brought themselves to believe in dogmas merit the true recognition owing a heroic deed.

It is not true that one cannot live without a woman. It is simply that one cannot have lived without one.

One of the most widespread diseases is diagnosis.

Art is something that is so perfectly clear that no one comprehends it.