This is something that I cannot get over -- that a whole line could be written by half a man, that a work could be built on the quicksand of a character.

Diplomacy is a game of chess in which the nations are checkmated.

Christian morality prefers remorse to precede lust, and then lust not to follow.

The real truths are those that can be invented.

Moral responsibility is what is lacking in a man when he demands it of a woman.

My readers think that I write for the day because my writings are based on the day. So I shall have to wait until my writings are obsolete. Then they may acquire timeliness.

Scandal begins when the police put a stop to it.