It is better to offer no excuse than a bad one.
Reading well is one of the great pleasures that solitude can afford you.
Self-importance is our greatest enemy. Think about it - what weakens us is feeling offended by the deeds and misdeeds of our fellowmen. Our self-importance requires that we spend most of our lives offended by someone.
When you have got an elephant by the hind leg, and he is trying to run away, it's best to let him run.
A rumor without a leg to stand on will get around some other way.
The whole dream of democracy is to raise the proletarian to the level of stupidity attained by the bourgeois.
The only difference between a rut and a grave... is in their dimensions.