Custom is a tyrant.

Custom is king over all.

Custom is powerful — there is no way to erase the unwritten law.

Custom is the plague of wise men, and the idol of fools

Decision is unavoidable. Even to hesitate, one has to decide.

Decision is the eternal protest against fictions.

A Decision is a decision because it can never be wholly justified.

The Decision is a moment equal to a moment of madness.

Gesture is almost a language — there is language in some people's very gesture.

The Gesture is no more able to be recruited by an old man as a new idea.

Gesture is like a langauge — you can guess the past of a woman in the way she holds her cigarette, and the future of a man in the way he holds his drink.

The Gesture is wildly contextual — the man in ecstasy and the man drowning - both throw up their arms. The first to signify harmony, the second to signify strife with the elements.

A Joke is like sex… it ain't any good if you don't get it

A Joke is born when the punchline becomes apparent

The Joke is the cayenne of conversation.

The Joke is always a tiny revelation.