“Alcohol carries the pleasures of the palate to their highest degree.”
“It takes a little time, but the pleasures of cooking begin before the pleasures of the palate, and preparing means anticipating ...”
“The highest form of bliss is living with a certain degree of folly.”
“We can know only that we know nothing. And that is the highest degree of human wisdom.”
“Art is action. The way I live my life to its highest degree is by writing, the practice of art.”
“I find a certain degree of loneliness not only tolerable but deeply pleasurable.”