A man cannot free himself from the past more easily than he can from his own body.

Inspiration in matters of taste will not come twice.

[...] marriage is one thing, and love is another...You need to have a solid canvas; nobody stops you to weave the arabesques.

We appreciate frankness from those who like us. Frankness from others is called insolence.

A great biography should, like the close of a great drama, leave behind it a feeling of serenity. We collect into a small bunch the flowers, the few flowers, which brought sweetness into a life, and present it as an offering to an accomplished destiny. It is the dying refrain of a completed song, the final verse of a finished poem.

A marriage without conflicts is almost as inconceivable as a nation without crises.

Business is a combination of war and sport.