If suffering brought wisdom, the dentist's office would be full of luminous ideas.

Thinking about the universe has now been handed over to specialists. The rest of us merely read about it.

People who behave at forty as they did at twenty must sometimes wonder why their charm is not working.

Pedagogical romances leave the mentor disgruntled, the pupil confused.

Reason enables us to get around in the world of ideas, but cannot prescribe our thoughts.

Dutch painting: daily life is enough.

The best propaganda omits rather than invents