To understand someone, find out how he spends his money.
Art seduces, but does not exploit.
Cure for an obsession: get another one.
Magic lives in curves not angles.
Commerce is greedy. Ideology is blood-thirsty.
Sincerity: willingness to spend one's own money.
I read less and less. I have not forgiven books for their failure to tell me the truth and make me happy.
Truth can remain silent. Lies must be spoken.
The man of sensibility is too busy talking about his feelings to have time for good deeds.
Consciousness is our only reprieve from Time.
The power of lying is much less than the power of what is not to be discussed.
Dancing and running shake up the chemistry of happiness.
Friendship is love minus sex and plus reason. Love is friendship plus sex and minus reason.
At the end of every diet the path curves back toward the trough.
Children pay little attention to their parents' teachings, but reproduce their characters faithfully
Young poets bewail the passing of love old poets, the passing of time. There is surprisingly little difference.
Every literary critic believes he will outwit history and have the last word.
Manly men and womanly women are still here but feeling nervous.
Reading gives us some place to go when we have to stay where we are
The passion for money is never fickle.