In a well-run mental household there ought to be a thorough cleaning at the threshold of consciousness a few times a year.

I don't like to meddle in my private affairs.

A healthy man is content with a woman. An erotic man is content with a stocking to get to a woman. A sick man is content with thestocking.

The esthete stands in the same relation to beauty as the pornographer stands to love, and the politician stands to life.

War: first, one hopes to win; then one expects the enemy to lose; then, one is satisfied that he too is suffering; in the end, one is surprised that everyone has lost.

A great deal of learning can be packed into an empty head.

The art of an actress is sublimated sexuality. But off the stage the fire must be able to reconvert the steam into body.