Death holds no horrors. It is simply the ultimate horror of life.

The stage play is a trial, not a deed of violence. The soul is opened, like the combination of a safe, by means of a word. You don't require an acetylene torch.

I remember a time when a cabbage could sell itself by being a cabbage. Nowadays it’s no good being a cabbage – unless you have an agent and pay him a commission. Nothing is free anymore to sell itself or give itself away. These days, Countess, every cabbage has its pimp.

When you see a woman who can go nowhere without a staff of admirers, it is not so much because they think she is beautiful, it is because she has told them they are handsome.

During war we imprison the rights of man.

A woman is a creature who has discovered her own nature.

When he (man) ceased any longer to heed the words of the seers and prophets, science lovingly brought forth the radio.