Fit for kings, formal gardens afford an earthly Elysium and the odd impression that we mere men might actually control nature for a time.

'Tis the white stag, Fame, we're a-hunting, bid the world's hounds come to horn!

I have always thought the suicide should bump off at least one swine before taking off for parts unknown.

The sum of human wisdom is not contained in any one language.

The technique of infamy is to start two lies at once and get people arguing heatedly over which is the truth.

I should consent to breed under pressure, if I were convinced in any way of the reasonableness of reproducing the species. But my nerves and the nerves of any woman I could live with three months, would produce only a victim... lacking in impulse, a mere bundle of discriminations. If I were wealthy I might subsidize a stud of young peasants, or a tribal group in Tahiti.

The act of bell ringing is symbolic of all proselytizing religions. It implies the pointless interference with the quiet of other people.