At the heart of pornography is sexuality haunted by its own disappearance

Seduction is always more singular and sublime than sex and it commands the higher price

Sadder than destitution, sadder than a beggar is the man who eats alone in public. Nothing more contradicts the laws of man or beast, for animals always do each other the honor of sharing or disputing each other's food

Democracy is the menopause of Western society, the Grand Climacteric of the body social. Fascism is its middle-aged lust

Perhaps the world's second worst crime is boredom. The first is being a bore