There is a cultural taste which tries very hard to get rid of the lice in a fur coat. There is another which tolerates the lice and thinks the coat can be worn with them in it. And finally there is a taste which regards the lice as the most important thing about the coat and consequently places the coat at the lice's disposal.

When a culture feels that its end has come, it sends for a priest.

It is not true that one cannot live without a woman. It is simply that one cannot have lived without one.

There are people who can never forgive a beggar for their not having given him anything.

Sex education is legitimate in that girls cannot be taught soon enough how children don't come into the world.

Jealousy is a dog's bark which attracts thieves.

Truth is a clumsy servant that breaks the dishes while washing them.