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.

What torture, this life in society! Often someone is obliging enough to offer me a light, and in order to oblige him I have to fish a cigarette out of my pocket.

It so often happened to me that someone who shared my opinion kept the larger share for himself that I am now forewarned and offer people only ideas.

A father's pride, laid on thick, has always made me wish that the fellow had at least experienced some pain during procreation.

Technology is a servant who makes so much noise cleaning up in the next room that his master cannot make music.

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

My language is the common prostitute that I turn into a virgin.