From the moment I picked your book up until I laid it down I was convulsed with laughter. Some day I intend reading it.

The true hypocrite is the one who ceases to perceive his deception, the one who lies with sincerity.

Shyness has a strange element of narcissism, a belief that how we look, how we perform, is truly important to other people.

In literature as in love we are astounded by what is chosen by others.

The most important quality in a leader is that of being acknowledged as such. All leaders whose fitness is questioned are clearly lacking in force.

There are certain persons for whom pure Truth is a poison.