Private problems don't constitute an excuse for bad manners.

Common sense is a vastly overrated virtue. I myself prefer the spark of genius.

I've reached the age where anyone who lets me talk seems like an old By listening to my memories, you have become part of them.

The day will probably come when you can tell everything about a person from his dreams except his age and weight.

Private problems don't constitute an excuse for bad manners.

Perfect young men don't get murdered, they don't even get born.

Civilization has imposed countless restrictions and conventions on each of us, with the result that the subconscious in the majority of us has become a storage room without a key. We are forced to suppress or forget so many events and ideas and thoughts that those to which we should have access are lost in the welter. However, there are people who seem capable of unlocking this part of their minds and extracting relevant information.