"I don't believe in divorce. I believe in widowhood."

"Money is both everything and nothing. It is everything when you don't have it, but nothing when you do."

"How to win a case in court: If the law is on your side, pound on the law; if the facts are on your side, pound on the facts; if neither is on your side, pound on the table."

"Love has nothing to do with what you are expecting to get, it's what you are expected to give -- which is everything"

"The orgasm has replaced the Cross as the focus of longing and the image of fulfillment."

"Mine is the poverty of angels. I just don't give a damn about possessions and the like... What need have I for objects and luxury? I write, and that's enough."

"He that can't endure the bad will not live to see the good."

"If your daily life seems poor, do not blame it; blame yourself, tell yourself that you are not poet enough to call forth its riches."

"Marriage is the alliance of two people, one of whom never remembers birthdays and the other never forgets them."

"Virtue is insufficient temptation."

"My tongue swore, but my mind was still unpledged."

"There is nothing in the world more powerful than an idea. No weapon can destroy it; no power can conquer it except the power of another idea."