How is the world ruled and led to war? Diplomats lie to journalists and believe these lies when they see them in print.

My language is the common prostitute that I turn into a virgin.

War: first, one hopes to win; then one expects the enemy to lose; then, one is satisfied that he too is suffering; in the end, one is surprised that everyone has lost.

Politics is what a man does in order to conceal what he is and what he himself does not know.

Wo nehm ich nur all die Zeit her, so viel nicht zu lesen?

Chastity always takes its toll. In some it produces pimples; in others, sex laws.

The devil is an optimist if he thinks he can make people worse than they are.

Es gibt Menschen, die es zeitlebens einem Bettler nachtragen, daß sie ihm nichts gegeben haben.

Quien calla una palabra es su dueño; quien la pronuncia es su esclavo.

Wer Meinungen von sich gibt, darf sich auf Widersprüchen nicht ertappen lassen. Wer Gedanken hat, denkt auch zwischen den Widersprüchen.

A writer is someone who can make a riddle out of an answer.

A woman who cannot be ugly is not beautiful.

The world is a prison in which solitary confinement is preferable.