Like other high subjects, the Law gives no ground to common sense.

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.

We are very fond of books. You can learn nearly everything from them that rabbits can't teach you.

Let your life be a vivacious poetry of love, compassion, kindness, and beauty.

He tried to read, but the words swam in front of his eyes in meaningless waves. He put on the television. Nick at Nite, the cultural equivalent of aerosol cheese.

We all have a tendency to use prayer to dictate to God.

There is little evidence that our individual intelligence has improved through recorded history.

Fitness is important, but the most important thing is how you adapt and the way you feel physically. To adapt to a new position. To try to change your game.

Bad teaching wastes a great deal of effort, and spoils many lives which might have been full of energy and happiness.

I will not say that women have no character; rather, they have a new one every day.

If you can't say it simply and clearly, keep quiet, and keep working on it till you can.

I remember that I'm invisible and walk softly so as not awake the sleeping ones. Sometimes it is best not to awaken them; there are few things in the world as dangerous as sleepwalkers.