I obey my own commands about as often as others do.

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.

A man who chooses between drinking a glass of milk and a glass of a solution of potassium cyanide does not choose between two beverages

You are the proof of everything

Your purpose has the capacity to employ and enrich you for a lifetime.

I looked at the faces around me, wondering what was going to happen to me ... wondering when I would see Father again."I will help you.

Here is my secret. It is very simple: one sees well only with the heart. The essential is invisible to the eyes.

Hot soup at table is very vulgar; it either leads to an unseemly mode of taking it, or keeps people waiting too long whilst it cools. Soup should be brought to table only moderately warm.

There is no one as strong as a person whose heart is always filled with gratitude.

I gave you sympathy. *I* want sympathy!" "Are you kidding me? You have the sexiest man on the planet wanting you. You're getting laid regularly. No sympathy for you!

The permanent institutional expertise class is now no longer the legislators, it's the lobbyists who don't have term limits and are there forever.

In most of the world, breakfast is an important meal.