“Ultimately the bond of all companionship, whether in marriage or in friendship, is conversation, and conversation must have a common basis, and between two people of widely different culture the only common basis possible is the lowest level.”

“The proper basis for marriage is a mutual misunderstanding.”

“The proper basis for marriage is mutual misunderstanding. The happiness of a married man depends on the people he has not married. One should always be in love - that's the reason one should never marry.”

“The terror of society, which is the basis of morals, the terror of God, which is the secret of religion-these are the two things that govern us.”

“Fathers should be neither seen nor heard. That is the only proper basis for family life.”

“Between men and women there is no friendship possible. There is passion, enmity, worship, love, but no friendship.”

“The basis of optimism is sheer terror.”