My request that my writing be read twice has aroused great indignation. Unjustly so. After all, I do not ask that they be read once.

A child learns to discard his ideals, whereas a grown-up never wears out his short pants.

I knew a man who carried his education in his vest pocket because there was more room there than in his head.

Blushing, palpitations, a bad conscience--this is what you get if you haven't sinned.

One must read all writers twice--the good as well as the bad. The one kind will be recognized; the other, unmasked.

Democracy means the opportunity to be everyone's slave.

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.