Forgetting and remembering are governed by laws, but we cannot find out what they are.

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.

When you go to see the lake, you also see the hippos.

I'm always going to love my father.

A journey by Sea and Land, Five Hundred Miles, is not undertaken without money.

Father told me that if I ever met a lady in a dress like yours, I must look her straight in the eyes.

Memory is set up to use the past to imagine the future.

The technical brilliance of Lang Lang and the musical genius to create a masterpiece on the spot.

All the uglinesses of the world can best be forgotten in the beauty of nature!

What could be better than walking down any street in any city and knowing you're the heavyweight champion of the world?

Yes; quaint and curious war is! You shoot a fellow down you'd treat if met where any bar is, or help to half-a-crown.