People who are brutally honest get more satisfaction out of the brutality than out of the honesty.

Love is a fever which marriage puts to bed and cures.

People are like birds - from a distance beautiful: from close up those sharp beaks those beady little eyes.

Power is a drug on which the politicians are hooked. They buy it from the voters using the voters' own money.

God punishes us mildly by ignoring our prayers and severely by answering them.

God punishes us mildly by ignoring our prayers and severely by answering them.

When a man tells me he's run out of steam in the sex department I'll tell him 'Count your blessings you've escaped from the clutches of a cruel tyrant. Enjoy!'