If truth is a value it is because it is true and not because it is brave to speak it.

When she liked anyone it was quite natural for her to go to bed with him. She never thought twice about it. It was not vice; it wasn't lasciviousness; it was her nature. She gave herself as naturally as the sun gives heat or the flowers their perfume. It was a pleasure to her and she liked to give pleasure to others.

I would sooner read a time-table or a catalogue than nothing at all. They are much more entertaining than half the novels that are written.

Death doesn't affect the living because it has not happened yet. Death doesn't concern the dead because they have ceased to exist.

Women's hearts are like old china, none the worse for a break or two.

In civilized communities men's idiosyncrasies are mitigated by the necessity of conforming to certain rules of behavior. Culture is a mask that hides their faces.

Every production of an artist should be the expression of an adventure of his soul.