I want my food dead. Not sick, not dying, dead.

There are works which wait, and which one does not understand for a long time; the reason is that they bring answers to questions which have not yet been raised; for the question often arrives a terribly long time after the answer.

With an evening coat and a white tie, anybody, even a stockbroker, can gain a reputation for being civilized

Women's styles may change but their designs remain the same.

The only thing in the world worse than being Oscar Wilde is not being Oscar Wilde.

The only way to atone for being occasionally overdressed is to be massively overeducated.

The sick do not ask if the hand that smoothes their pillow is pure, nor the dying care if the lips that touch their brow have known the kiss of sin.