“Mystical explanations are considered deep. The truth is that they are not even superficial.”

“Women are considered deep - why? Because one can never discover any bottom to them. Women are not even shallow. ”

“Writers whose thoughts are expressed with clarity and precision are assumed by readers to be superficial. Where the meaning is obscured, then readers give more attention and consider the fruit of their labour more valuable”

“Whoever knows he is deep, strives for clarity; whoever would like to appear deep to the crowd, strives for obscurity. For the crowd considers anything deep if only it cannot see to the bottom: the crowd is so timid and afraid of going into the water.”

“There are various eyes. Even the Sphinx has eyes: and as a result there are various truths, and as a result there is no truth.”

“There are many kinds of eyes. Even the sphinx has eyes - and consequently there are many kinds of 'truths,' and consequently there is no truth”

“He who speaks a bit of a foreign language has more delight in it than he who speaks it well; pleasure goes along with superficial knowledge.”