There are only two kinds of women, the plain and the coloured.
The gods are strange. It is not our vices only they make instruments to scourge us. They bring us to ruin through what in us is good, gentle, humane, loving.
The reason we are so pleased to find other people's secrets is that it distracts public attention from our own.
One's past is what one is. It is the only way by which people should be judged.
The morality of art consists in the perfect use of an imperfect medium.
When I see a spade, I call it a spade. I'm glad to say I have never seen a spade. The man who would call a spade a spade should be compelled to use it. It's the only thing he's fit for.