I have done so many things in my life," she said to the mirror. "Evil things, perhaps. But never unattentively, never wastefully...was I wrong?

The cocktail party - as the name itself indicates - was originally invented by dogs. They are simply bottom-sniffings raised to the rank of formal ceremonies.

They flower spontaneously out of the demands of our natures - and the best of them lead us not only outward in space, but inward as well.

Gamblers and lovers really play to lose.

Let us define 'man' as a poet perpetually conspiring against himself.

Life is more complicated than we think, yet far simpler than anyone dares to imagine

Prohibitions create the desire they were intended to cure.