I am a man of simple pleasures. The best suits me perfectly.

Judges, like the criminal classes, have their lighter moments

And if it feels good... Feel it!

All art is at once surface and symbol. Those who go beneath the surface do so at their peril.

I never approve, or disapprove, of anything now. It is an absurd attitude to take towards life.

And with tears of blood he cleansed the hand, The hand that held the steel: For only blood can wipe out blood, And only tears can heal

To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all.