Fruitcake is like semen, there's a lot of it about but no one wants to swallow it

Those who try to lead the people can only do so by following the mob. It is through the voice of one crying in the wilderness that the ways of the gods must be prepared.

The only thing that one really knows about human nature is that it changes. Change is the one quality we can predicate of it.

A passion for pleasure is the secret of remaining young.

I made art a philosophy, and philosophy an art.

The reason we all like to think so well of others is that we are all afraid for ourselves. The basis of optimism is sheer terror.

I dislike modern memoirs. They are generally written by people who have either entirely lost their memories, or have never done anything worth remembering.