The little stations are very proud because the expresses have to pass them by.

When a man is treated like a beast, he says, 'After all, I'm human.' When he behaves like a beast, he says 'After all, I'm only human.

In Berlin, things are serious but not hopeless. In Vienna, they are hopeless but not serious.

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

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

I can say with pride that I have spent days and nights not reading anything, and that with unflagging energy I use every moment toacquire gradually an encyclopedic lack of education.

To be sure, the dog is loyal. But why, on that account, should we take him as an example? He is loyal to man, not to other dogs.