When critics disagree the artist is in accord with himself.

I choose my friends for their good looks, my acquaintances for their good characters, and my enemies for their intellects. A man cannot be too careful in the choice of his enemies.

Every great man nowadays has his disciples, and it is usually Judas who writes the biography.

The only form of lying that is absolutely beyond reproach is lying for its own sake.

The English have a miraculous power of turning wine into water.

The old believe everything, the middle-aged suspect everything, the young know everything.

When the gods wish to punish us they answer our prayers.