Everything that is in agreement with our personal desires seems true; everything that is not puts us in a rage.

In a discussion, the difficulty lies, not in being able to defend your opinion, but to know it.

Growing old is no more than a bad habit which a busy person has no time to form.

Either the soul is immortal and we shall not die, or it perishes with the flesh and we shall not know that we are dead. Live, then, as if you were eternal.

If, in New York, you arrive late for an appointment, say, "I took a taxi".

Memory is a great artist. For every man and for every woman it makes the recollection of his or her life a work of art and an unfaithful record.

Inspiration in matters of taste will not come twice.