A pessimist is an optimist in full possession of the facts.

There are 80,000 prostitutes in London alone and what are they, if not bloody sacrifices on the altar of monogamy?

Everybody's friend is nobody's.

It is difficult, if not impossible, to define the limit of our reasonable desires in respect of possessions.

Shame on such a morality that is worthy of pariahs, and that fails to recognize the eternal essence that exists in every living thing, and shines forth with inscrutable significance from all eyes that see the sun!

Talent hits a target no one else can hit; Genius hits a target no one else can see.

Newspapers are the second hand of history.