On with dance, let joy be unconfined, is my motto; whether there's any dance to dance or any joy to unconfined.

Worrying is paying interest on a debt you might not even owe.

Morals are not the important thing-nor enlightenment-nor civilization. A man can do absolutely well without them, but he can't do without something to eat. The supremest thing is the need of the body, not of the mind and spirit.

Delicacy - a sad, sad false delicacy - robs literature of the two best things among its belongings: Family-circle narratives & obscene stories.

One holds a bottle of red wine by the neck, a woman by the waist, and a bottle of champagne by the derriere.

I always take Scotch whiskey at night as a preventive of toothache. I have never had the toothache; and what is more, I never intend to have it.

Conservatism is the blind and fear-filled worship of dead radicals.