History goes out of control almost as often as nature does.

Masturbation is a democratic pleasure, practiced by rich and poor, young and old, married and single.

Perversity depends on reversal and substitution.

Talk about yourself as much as you like, but do not expect others to listen.

As a youth, I sought out decadence; as an elder, I try to avoid decay.

An academic dialect is perfected when its terms are hard to understand and refer only to one another.

The hysterical find too much significance in things. The depressed find too little.