The maturing process of becoming a writer is akin to that of a harlot. First you do it for love, then for a few friends, and finally only for money.

I hate all men, the ones because they are mean and vicious, and the others for being complaisant with the vicious ones.

The most effective way of attacking vice is to expose it to public ridicule. People can put up with rebukes but they cannot bear being laughed at: they are prepared to be wicked but they dislike appearing ridiculous.

There's a sort of decency among the dead, a remarkable discretion: you never find them making any complaint against the doctor who killed them!

I find medicine is the best of all trades because whether you do any good or not you still. Get your money.

It's true Heaven forbids some pleasures, but a compromise can usually be found.

The great ambition of women is to inspire love.