On the stage one must not confuse the nature of a personality with the naturalness of a person.

Chastity always takes its toll. In some it produces pimples; in others, sex laws.

Insights into erotic life belong to art, not education. But sometimes these have to be spelled out for the illiterates. And it ismainly a matter of convincing the illiterates, for they are the ones who write the penal code.

What are all the orgies of Bacchus when compared to the intoxication of someone who completely surrenders to continence!

He who sleeps half a day has won half a life.

The discovery of the North Pole is one of those realities which could not be avoided. It is the wages which human perseverance pays itself when it thinks that something is taking too long. The world needed a discoverer of the North Pole, and in all areas of social activity, merit was less important here than opportunity.

War is, at first, the hope that one will be better off; next, the expectation that the other fellow will be worse off; then, the satisfaction that he isn't any better off; and, finally, the surprise at everyone's being worse off.