What do people have against convicts? Is living together in the pen of freedom, where young people engage in mutual psychology, any more beautiful?

A good writer does not receive anywhere near the number of poison-pen letters that is commonly assumed. Among a hundred jackassesthere are not ten who will admit to being jackasses, and at most one who will put it in writing.

One of the most widespread diseases is diagnosis.

It is the mission of the press to disseminate intellect and at the same time destroy receptivity to it.

A school without grades must have been concocted by someone who was drunk on non-alcoholic wine.

Ingratitude is often disproportionate to the benefaction received.

An idea's birth is legitimate if one has the feeling that one is catching oneself plagiarizing oneself.