No woman should have a memory. Memory in a woman is the beginning of dowdiness. One can always tell from a woman's bonnet whether she has got a memory or not.

Sin is the only real colour element left in modern life.

All art is quite useless.

Give him a mask, and he will tell you the truth.

Nothing can cure the soul but the senses, just as nothing can cure the senses but the soul.

Everyone is born a king, and most people die in exile.

I have spent most of the day putting in a comma and the rest of the day taking it out.