Every truth passes through 3 stages before it is recognized 1)ridicule 2) opposition 3) accepted as self-evident.

Our life is a loan received from death with sleep as the daily interest on this loan.

Boredom is just the reverse side of fascination.

Truth is no harlot who throws her arms round the neck of him who does not desire her; on the contrary, she is so coy a beauty that even the man who sacrifices everything to her can still not be certain of her favors.

I believe that when death closes our eyes we shall awaken to a light, of which our sunlight is but the shadow.

I love looking at famous people. Because of the way they look. Because of the way photography makes them look famous.

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