What the teachers digest, the pupils eat.

Corruption is worse than prostitution. The latter might endanger the morals of an individual, the former invariably endangers the morals of the entire country.

An artist should make concessions to the listener. That is why Bruckner dedicated one of his symphonies to the Good Lord.

There are writers who can express in as little as twenty pages what I occasionally need as many as two for.

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

Ingratitude is often disproportionate to the benefaction received.

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