Artificial inflation of stocks must be considered a crime as serious as counterfeiting, which it closely resembles.

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

To be witty is not enough. One must possess sufficient wit to avoid having too much of it.

Sincerity is glass, discretion is diamond.

If you create a character, you create a destiny.

The really great novel tends to be the exact negative of its author's life.

There are certain persons for whom pure Truth is a poison.