We old bachelors smell like dogs, do we? So be it. But I must take issue with your claim that doctors who treat female illnesses are womanizers and cynics at heart. Gynecologists deal with savage prose the likes of which you have never dreamed of.

What a delight it is to respect people!

Better to perish from fools than to accept praises from them.

In nature a repulsive caterpillar turns into a lovely butterfly. But with human beings it is the other way round: a lovely butterfly turns into a repulsive caterpillar.

I confess I seldom commune with my conscience when I write.

There isn't a Monday that would not cede its place to Tuesday.

The role of the artist is to ask questions, not answer them.