The secret of the demagogue is to make himself as stupid as his audience so they believe they are clever as he.

Nowadays the thief cannot be distinguished from his victim. Neither has any valuable objects on him.

One can translate an editorial but not a poem. For one can go across the border naked but not without one's skin; for, unlike clothes, one cannot get a new skin.

Most people are sick. But only a few know that this is something they can be proud of. These are the psychoanalysts.

If you wish to form a clear judgment on your friends, consult your dreams.

Feminine passion is to masculine as an epic is to an epigram.

A historian is often only a journalist facing backwards.