It is the wretchedness of being rich that you have to live with rich people.

The lusts and greeds of the body scandalize the Soul; but it has to come to heel.

The old know what they want; the young are sad and bewildered.

People have a right to be shocked; the mention of unmentionable things is a kind of participation in them.

There are people whose society I find delicious; but when I sit alone and think of them I shudder.

Happiness is a wine of the rarest vintage, and seems insipid to a vulgar taste.

Only among people who think no evil can Evil monstrously flourish.