The only consistent people are the dead

Perhaps it's good for one to suffer. Can an artist do anything if he's happy? Would he ever want to do anything? What is art, after all, but a protest against the horrible inclemency of life?

Every idol, however exalted, turns out, in the long run, to be a Moloch, hungry for human sacrifice.

Feasts must be solemn and rare, or else they cease to be feasts.

Folly is often more cruel in the consequences than malice can be in the intent.

People will insist on treating the mons Veneris as though it were Mount Everest. Too silly!

What I may call the messages of Brave New World, but it is possible to make people contented with their servitude. I think this can be done. I think it has been done in the past. I think it could be done even more effectively now because you can provide them with bread and circuses and you can provide them with endless amounts of distractions and propaganda.