Venice, as a city, was a foundling, floating upon the waters like Moses in his basket among the bulrushes.

There are no new truths, but only truths that have not been recognized by those who have perceived them without noticing.

With extramarital courtship, the deception was prolonged where it had been ephemeral, necessary where it had been frivolous, conspiratorial where it had been lonely.

Making love, we are all more alike than we are when we are talking or acting.

If someone tells you he is going to make a 'realistic decision', you immediately understand that he has resolved to do something bad.

Modern neurosis began with the discoveries of Copernicus. Science made men feel small by showing him that the earth was not the center of the universe.

We are a nation of 20 million bathrooms, with a humanist in every tub.