To be human is erroneous.

There is no more unfortunate creature under the sun than a fetishist who yearns for a woman's shoe and has to settle for the whole woman.

A woman who cannot be ugly is not beautiful.

It is a mystery to me how a theologian can be praised for having brought himself to disbelieve dogmas. I've always thought that those who have brought themselves to believe in dogmas merit the true recognition owing a heroic deed.

Matrimony is the union of meanness and martyrdom.

It is the mission of the press to disseminate intellect and at the same time destroy receptivity to it.

A poem is good until one knows by whom it is.