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

The most incomprehensible talk comes from people who have no other use for language than to make themselves understood.

To be sure, the dog is loyal. But why, on that account, should we take him as an example? He is loyal to man, not to other dogs.

Most critics write critiques which are by the authors they write critiques about. That would not be so bad, but then most authorswrite works which are by the critics who write critiques about them.

Sound opinions are valueless. What matters is who holds them.

I have often been asked to be fair and view a matter from all sides. I did so, hoping that something might improve if I viewed allsides of it. But the result was the same. So I went back to viewing things only from one side, which saves me a lot of work and disappointment. For it is comforting to regard something as bad and to be able to use one's prejudice as an excuse.

To be perfect, one lacks only a defect.