"The power of lying is much less than the power of what is not to be discussed."

"Never ask a bore a question."

"Poor but happy is not a phrase invented by a poor person."

"The lonely become either thoughtful or empty."

"Bad faith likes discourse on friendship and loyalty."

"'Be faithful to your roots' is the liberal version of 'Stay in your ghetto.'"

"An omnipotent God is the only being with no reason to lie."

"Language is the friendliest of the things from which we cannot escape."

"If success is a habit, it is a hard one to acquire."

"Creativity makes a leap, then looks to see where it is."

"Reality is the name we give to our disappointments."

"My mind is led astray by every faint rustle."

"A real idea keeps changing and appears in many places."

"Children now expect their parents to audition for approval."

"Hatred observes with more care than love does."

"Expensive advertising courts us with hints and images. The ordinary kind merely says, Buy."

"Compassion brings us to a stop, and for a moment we rise above ourselves."

"Three meals plus bedtime make four sure blessings a day."

"Living alone makes it harder to find someone to blame."

"To understand someone, find out how he spends his money."

"Don't stare into a mirror when you are trying to solve a problem."

"Procrastination makes easy things hard, hard things harder."

"Malice is always authentic and sincere."

"Without civilization, we would not turn into animals, but vegetables."

"The only peace is being out of earshot."

"Few artists can afford artistic temperament."

"Why do we never expect dull people to be rascals?"

"Taste refers to the past, imagination to the future."

"We are prepared for insults, but compliments leave us baffled."

"Philosophy likes to keen common sense on the run."

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

"Outside books, we avoid colorful characters."

"The real secrets are not the ones I tell."

"Art begins in imitation and ends in innovation."

"Fantasy mirrors desire. Imagination reshapes it."

"Self-reform is the only kind that works."

"The man of sensibility is too busy talking about his feelings to have time for good deeds."

"The shades of respectability begin to close about the greying head."

"My passions have never jumped out of the fireplace and set fire to the carpet."

"In psychoanalysis, only the fee is exactly what it seems to be."