There is a cultural taste which tries very hard to get rid of the lice in a fur coat. There is another which tolerates the lice and thinks the coat can be worn with them in it. And finally there is a taste which regards the lice as the most important thing about the coat and consequently places the coat at the lice's disposal.

On the stage one must not confuse the nature of a personality with the naturalness of a person.

Barbershop conversations are irrefutable proof that heads exist for the sake of hair.

Do not learn more than you absolutely need to get through life.

Many talents preserve their precociousness right into old age.

One cannot dictate an aphorism to a typist. It would take too long.

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