The unattractive thing about chauvinism is not so much the aversion to other nations as the love of one's own.

I had a terrible vision: I saw an encyclopedia walk up to a polymath and open him up.

I like to hold a monologue with women. But a dialogue with myself is more stimulating.

Many desire to kill me, and many wish to spend an hour chatting with me. The law protects me from the former.

I and life: The case was settled chivalrously. The opponents parted without having made up.

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

I don't like to meddle in my private affairs.