I am too old a hand to be put off pleasure by even the certain prospect of not enjoying it.

It's never pleasant to have one's unquestioning beliefs put in their historical context, as I know from experience, I can assure you.

I thought to myself how much more welcome a faculty the imagination would be if we could tell when it was at work and when not.

There are other things to a woman than taking her to bed.

All governments suffer a recurring problem: Power attracts pathological personalities. It is not that power corrupts but that it is magnetic to the corruptible.

Seduction is merely encouraging a man to do something he already wants to do.

Integrity is never a given. It is a quality that can only be proven over time.

It's so funny you judge me arrogant after I succeeded.You didn't help me at all when I was so poor and needy.

I do not want to live in a world where everything I do and say is recorded. That is not something I am willing to support or live under.

The craving for 'the return of the day', which the sick so constantly evince, is generally nothing but the desire for light.

I carried my Oscar to bed with me. My first and only three-way happened that night.

Oh, I get it, it's simple. PG means the hero gets the girl, 15 means that the villain gets the girl, and 18 means everybody gets the girl.

I lifted the lid and found a piece of bread and some water—and a rat that quickly darted off the tray. Talk about adding insult to injury.