…they no longer felt like newlyweds, and even less like belated lovers. It was as if they had lept over the arduous calvary of conjugal life and gone straight to the heart of love. They were together in silence like an old married couple wary of life, beyond the pitfalls
The denunciation of the young is a necessary part of the hygiene of older people, and greatly assists the circulation of the blood.
The only people who seem to have nothing to do with the education of the children are the parents.
I pride myself on the fact that my work has no socially redeeming value.
No man should marry before he has studied anatomy and dissected the body of a woman.
Be aware that a halo has to fall only a few inches to be a noose.
Always be nice to those younger than you, because they are the ones who will be writing about you.
I am a gentleman: I live by robbing the poor.