In an aphorism, aptness counts for more than truth.

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.

Want to know something wonderful? Even when we at times are faithless Jesus remains faithful.

You are the sweetest thug I've ever known.

We have next to consider the formal definition of virtue.

Your old road is rapidly aging. Please get out of the new one If you can't lend your hand, For the times they are a-changin'.

It's the imperfections that make something beautiful, that's what makes it different and unique from everything else.

People are really much more respectful than they're made out to be and much more discerning about the fact that I'm not the character I play.

Hillary Clinton believes that it's vital to deceive the people by having one public policy and a totally different policy in private.

Do the rhetorical quarrels of bourgeois political parties have anything to do with the interests of the humble and downtrodden?

Your purpose when driving is not to arrive at your destination safely or quickly. Your purpose when driving is...to impress your personality on the road.

Many falsehoods are passing into uncontradicted history.