Pleasure without Champagne is purely artificial.

I worshipped you too much. I am punished for it. You worshipped yourself too much. We are both punished.

Punctuality is the thief of time

More than half of modern culture depends upon what one shouldn't read.

After a good quality dinner one will be able to forgive anybody, still one's own relations.

What is termed Sin is an essential element of progress. Without it the world would stagnate, or grow old, or become colorless. By its curiosity Sin increases the experience of the race. Through its intensified assertion of individualism it saves us from monotony of type. In its rejection of the current notions about morality, it is one with the higher ethics.

I don't like Switzerland; it has produced nothing but theologians and waiters.