Nothing is so irksome as to be condemned by another person, and then, perhaps, to begin to think that he or she may be right after all.

The truth remains a lie only until it remains unchallenged, after that you may do with it as you wish.

You should be wary of those who don’t owe you anything, as frequently, they don’t, and are persistent about doing it as well.

What is essential? To be able to laugh at oneself for thinking that it is essential to be able to laugh at oneself.

Being fooled is part of the course; what you do with that sort of foolish information is entirely your own concern.

There is not much room for morality in our darker dreams, but there is still enough room for disgust on waking up.

Humour, to be acceptable, must be unacceptable, which is probably why it seems so funny to the uninitiated.

As social glue in a sane society, humour must be acceptable to everybody who finds it funny, or else it isn’t and so becomes something else.

Never assume that you are always entitled to a valid answer, as the only valid answer you are always entitled to get is wrong.

Wanting to be as you would like to be is no indication of how you are.

One should always expect the unexpected, or at least be prepared to expect it.

One thing is certain: one should not wish to get up in the morning solely to examine one’s emotional scars.

For the man who could not be bothered there is always one solution: bother him over it.

What you are is what you are not, although that is not what you cannot be.

“The outsider”, be careful of him: he’s not “one of us.”