People have a right to be shocked; the mention of unmentionable things is a kind of participation in them.

The test of enjoyment is the remembrance which it leaves behind.

There are two things to aim at in life: first, to get what you want; and after that, to enjoy it. Only the wisest of mankind achieve the second.

When they come downstairs from their Ivory Towers, idealists are very apt to walk straight into the gutter.

Don't tell friends their social faults; they will cure the fault and never forgive you.

The denunciation of the young is a necessary part of the hygiene of older people, and greatly assists the circulation of the blood.

Eat with the rich, but go to the play with the poor, who are capable of joy.

People say that life is the thing, but I prefer reading.

Happiness is a wine of the rarest vintage, and seems insipid to a vulgar taste.

What I like in a good author is not what he says but what he whispers.

Style is a magic wand, and turns everything to gold that it touches.

Shape yourself before the world shapes you.

There will always be people who will accept you for what you are!

Happiness is very simple and minimal.

What I can do for my country, I am willing to do.

My motto: 'No good movie is depressing. All bad movies are depressing.'

When I hear a man applauded by the mob I always feel a pang of pity for him. All he has to do to be hissed is to live long enough.

Into a dancer you have grown from the seeds somebody else has sown.

If you want to achieve great things, you need to have a great dream.

Something magical has happened to me: like a dream when one feels frightened and creepy, and suddenly wakes up to the knowledge that no such terrors exist. I have wakened up.

A bully hides his fears with fake bravado. That is the opposite of self-assertiveness.