A woman's desire for revenge outlasts all her other emotions.

In the sex war, thoughtlessness is the weapon of the male, vindictiveness of the female.

There is no more sombre enemy of good art than the pram in the hall.

The true index of a man's character is the health of his wife.

A life based on reason will always require to be balanced by an occasional bout of violent and irrational emotion, for instinctual drives must be satisfied

Two weeks before his death, a friend asked him half jokingly if he had discovered any meaning in life. "Yes," he replied, "there is a meaning; at least, for me, there is one thing that matters - to set a chime of words tinkling in the minds of a few fastidious people."

Obesity is a mental state, a disease brought on by boredom and disappointment.