I Like To Hold A Monologue With

I Don't Like To Meddle In My Private Affairs.

I Am Already So Popular That Anyone Who Vilifies Me Becomes More Popular Than I Am.

There Is A Cultural Taste Which Tries Very Hard To Get Rid Of The Lice In A Fur Coat. There Is Another Which Tolerates The Lice And Thinks The Coat Can Be Worn With Them In It. And Finally There Is A Taste Which Regards The Lice As The Most Important Thing About The Coat And Consequently Places The Coat At The Lice's Disposal.

I Have Often Been Asked To Be Fair And View A Matter From All Sides. I Did So, Hoping That Something Might Improve If I Viewed Allsides Of It. But The Result Was The Same. So I Went Back To Viewing Things Only From One Side, Which Saves Me A Lot Of Work And Disappointment. For It Is Comforting To Regard Something As Bad And To Be Able To Use One's Prejudice As An Excuse.

Sorrento, August. For Two Weeks Now I Haven't Heard A German Word Or Understood An Italian One. This Way One Can Manage To Live With People; Everything Goes Like Clockwork And No Irksome Misunderstanding Can Arise.