“I hasten to laugh at everything, for fear of being obliged to weep.”

“It is not necessary to understand things in order to argue about them.”

“Calumniate calumniate there will always be something which sticks.”

“Vilify! Vilify! Some of it will always stick.”

“I hasten to laugh at everything for fear of being obliged to weep.”

“The only things that distinguish us from the rest of the animals Madam is our habit of drinking when we are not thirsty and making love at any time.”

“There are many things that make a man irritable when he arrives home from work in the evening and a sensible wife will usually notice the storm-signals and will leave him alone until he simmers down.”

“Oblivion, she thought. That was the world she lived in. It was what they should name some countries, towns, and places.”

“A lot of men wouldn't like being called a romantic. It's not macho enough.'Quite often men are fools.”