Children use all their wiles to get their way with adults. Adults do the same with children.

Pain narrows consciousness; pleasure blurs it.

When Medusa looks in the mirror, she sees the Lady of Sorrows.

My passions have never jumped out of the fireplace and set fire to the carpet.

Retirement requires the invention of a new hedonism, not a return to the hedonism of youth

The sewing machine joins what the scissors have cut asunder, plus whatever else comes in its path.

Clothes make a statement. Costumes tell a story.

The laughter of the aphorism is sometimes triumphant, but seldom carefree.

'Be faithful to your roots' is the liberal version of 'Stay in your ghetto.'

Every day begins with an act of courage and hope: getting out of bed.

Totem poles and wooden masks no longer suggest tribal villages but fashionable drawing rooms in New York and Paris.

I am most grateful to the Lord for the gift of life.

The spark of consciousness is reflected in the river, where a dance of infinite faces lined in profane lights.

Under democracy one party always devotes its chief energies to trying to prove that the other party is unfit to rule - and both commonly succeed and are right.

The happy Union of these States is a wonder their Constitution a miracle their example the hope of Liberty throughout the world.

A child's spirit is like a child, you can never catch it by running after it; you must stand still, and, for love, it will soon itself come back.

The home is a tryst-the place where we retire and shut the world out.

One man's insanity is another man's genius; someday the world will recognize the genius in my insanity.

We must not seek happiness in peace, but in conflict.

I'll make fun of anybody. We're all about falling down and going boom on camera.

Beauty is only skin deep, but it's a valuable asset if you're poor or haven't any sense.