It is a distinction to have many virtues, but a hard lot.

I should not believe in a God who does not dance.

You look up when you wish to be exalted. And I look down because I am exalted.

To escape boredom, man works either beyond what his usual needs require, or else he invents play, that is, work that is designed to quiet no need other than that for working in general.

The Refinement of Shame. People are not ashamed to think something foul, but they are ashamed when they think these foul thoughts are attributed to them.

Love is a state in which a man sees things most decidedly as they are not.

There are two things a real man likes - danger and play; and he likes woman because she is the most dangerous of play things.