That parasite: the past.

Most virtue is a demand for greater seduction.

To those who ask if I have read their book, I reply: I have not yet read Homer.

To mis-quote is the very foundation of original style. The success of most writers is almost entirely due to continuous and courageous abuse of familiar misquotation.

I judge people's charm by the ease with which I express myself in their presence.

A scholar's heart is a dark well in which are buried many aborted feelings that rise to the surface as arguments.

Some people make it hard for me to believe in universal evolution.