An aphorism is never exactly true; it is either a half-truth or one-and-a-half truths.

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

You don't even live once.

The immorality of men triumphs over the amorality of women.

A journalist is stimulated by a deadline. He writes worse when he has time

Heinrich Heine so loosened the corsets of the German language that today every little salesman can fondle her breasts.

No ideas and the ability to express them - that's a journalist.