An old novel has a history of its own.
The only thing a man knows is himself.
In life there is nothing more unexpected and surprising than the arrivals and departures of pleasure. If we find it in one place today, it is vain to seek it there tomorrow. You can not lay a trap for it.
The saddest thing that befalls a soul is when it loses faith in god and woman.
Pleasure has no logic; it never treads in its own footsteps.
Fine phrases I value more than bank-notes. I have ear for no other harmony than the harmony of words. To be occasionally quoted is the only fame I care for.