I suppose without curiosity a man would be a tortoise. Very comfortable life, a tortoise has.

"Look here," I said, "people like to collect disasters."

If you place your head in a lion's mouth, then you cannot complain one day if he happens to bite it off.

It is really a hard life. Men will not be nice to you if you are not good-looking, and women will not be nice to you if you are.

Why shouldn't I hate her? She did the worst thing to me that anyone can do to anyone else. Let them believe that they're loved and wanted and then show them that it's all a sham.

there is evil everywhere under the sun.

There is no question of defence. I have always acted in accordance with the dictates of my conscience. I have nothing with which to reproach myself.