Originality finds the unexpected but inevitable next step.

With age, comfort becomes more seductive than beauty.

Psychology keeps trying to vindicate human nature. History keeps undermining the effort.

Unlike the ambiguity of life, the ambiguity of language does reach a limit.

Every book teaches a lesson, even if the lesson is only that one has chosen the wrong book.

Rescue someone unwilling to look after himself, and he will cling to you like a dangerous illness.

Excuses change nothing, but make everyone feel better.