"I can resist everything except temptation."

"Sarcasm is the lowest form of wit but the highest form of intelligence."

"To regret one’s own experiences is to arrest one’s own development. To deny one’s own experiences is to put a lie into the lips of one’s own life. It is no less than a denial of the soul."

"To wish was to hope, and to hope was to expect."

"Selfishness must always be forgiven you know, because there is no hope of a cure."

"Actually, depravity can be terribly boring if you don't smoke or drink."