The world is a prison in which solitary confinement is preferable.

Es gibt Menschen, die es zeitlebens einem Bettler nachtragen, daß sie ihm nichts gegeben haben.

The sound principle of a topsy-turvy lifestyle in the framework of an upside-down world order has stood every test.

The esthete stands in the same relation to beauty as the pornographer stands to love, and the politician stands to life.

What torture, this life in society! Often someone is obliging enough to offer me a light, and in order to oblige him I have to fish a cigarette out of my pocket.