The fear of being laughed at makes cowards of us all.

The three horrors of modern life - talk without meaning, desire without love, work without satisfaction.

Many beautiful women have been made happy by their own beauty, but no intelligent woman has ever been made happy by her own intelligence.

An old racetrack joke reminds you that your program contains all the winners' names. I stare at my typewriter keys with the same thought.

Life is a mixed blessing, which we vainly try to unmix.

I've been hiding from God, and I'm appalled to find how easy it is.

Vanity, revenge, loneliness, boredom, all apply: lust is one of the least of the reasons for promiscuity.