Of all the sexual aberrations, perhaps the most peculiar is chastity.

To write well, to have style ... is to paint. The master faculty of style is therefore the visual memory. If a writer does not see what he describes-countrysides and figures, movements and gestures-how could he have a style, that is originality?

Money is the sign of liberty. To curse money is to curse liberty- to curse life, which is nothing, if it be not free.

Good books are irrefutable, and bad books refute themselves.

The pleasure of being a scoundrel can be adequately savored in silence.

For two thousand years Christianity has been telling us: life is death, death is life; it is high time to consult the dictionary.

God is not all that exists. God is all that does not exist.