I see that any materialism in life coarsens the soul, and that the hunger of the body and the appetites of the flesh desecrate always, and often destroy.

Everything popular is wrong.

Divorces are made in heaven.

Football is all very well as a game for rough girls, but is hardly suitable for delicate boys.

I don’t regret for a single moment having lived for pleasure. I did it to the full, as one should do everything that one does. There was no pleasure I did not experience.

Philosophy teaches us to bear with equanimity the misfortunes of others.

A mask tells us more than a face.