What does democracy come down to? The persuasive power of slogans invented by wily self-seeking politicians.

Dying is the most hellishly boresome experience in the world! Particularly when it entails dying of 'natural causes'.

It has amazed me that the most incongruous traits should exist in the same person and, for all that, yield a plausible harmony.

It was such a beautiful day I decided to stay in bed.

One cannot find peace in work or in pleasure, in the world or in a convent, but only in one's soul.

The most valuable thing I have learned from life is to regret nothing.

Follow your inclinations with due regard to the policeman round the corner.