I create my social existence by earning and spending.

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.

Risk may bring pain, but risk also brings freedom and reward.

A book can open the mind, free the heart, and speak to the soul.

A rich man's lie has more validity than a poor man's truth in a materialistc world

You think you know it, but you always find out new stuff.

A man who lacks reliability is utterly useless.

A welfare state is frightened of every poor person who tries to get in and every rich person who tries to get out.

Farewell! if ever fondest prayer For other's weal avail'd on high, Mine will not all be lost in air, But waft thy name beyond the sky.

The rule is: don’t use commas like a stupid person. I mean it.

This fast life soon shatters, cause after all the lights and screams, nothing but my dreams matter.

I know no religion that destroys courtesy, civility, and kindness.