The truth sticks in our throats with all the sauces it is served with: it will never go down until we take it without any sauce at all.

The man who has never made a mistake will never make anything else.

The more I see of the moneyed classes, the more I understand the guillotine.

The faults of the burglar are the qualities of the financier.

You must all know half a dozen people at least who are no use in this world, who are more trouble than they are worth. Just put them there and say Sir, or Madam, now will you be kind enough to justify your existence? If you can't justify your existence, if you're not pulling your weight in the social boat, if you're not producing as much as you consume or perhaps a little more, then, clearly, we cannot use the organizations of our society for the purpose of keeping you alive, because your life does not benefit us and it can't be of very much use to yourself.

Self-sacrifice enables us to sacrifice other people without blushing.

The great advantage of a hotel is that it is a refuge from home life.