In the highest society, as well as in the lowest, woman is merely an instrument of pleasure.

Laws are like sausages. It's better not to see them being made.

He who despairs over an event is a coward, but he who holds hopes for the human condition is a fool.

Wishing without work is like fishing without bait.

A copy of the universe is not what is required of art; one of the damned things is ample.

I'm glad I was not born before tea.

'Naomi, sex at noon taxes.' I moan. Never odd or even. A man, a plan, a canal, Panama. Madam, I'm Adam. Sit on a potato pan, Otis. Sit on Otis.