When attempted self-destruction does not cure a man of life, it cures him of voluntary death.

The Police and the Society of Jesus posses in common the virtue of never forsaking their enemies as friends.

We are scarcely apt to berate the source of enjoyment.

Everything is bilateral in the domain of thought. Ideas are binary. Janus is the myth of criticism and the symbol of genius. Only God is triangular!

A naked woman is less dangerous than one who spreads her skirt skillfully to cover and exhibit everything at once.

A husband and wife who are in the habit of occupying separate rooms are either beings apart, or they have found happiness. Either they hate or they adore each other.

No woman allows her lover to descend from his pedestal. Even a god is not forgiven the slightest pettiness.