Live as if you were eternal.

Happiness is never there to stay [...] Happiness is merely a respite offered by inquietude.

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

Learning is nothing without cultivated manners, but when the two are combined in a woman, you have one of the most exquisite products of civilization.

When you become used to never being alone, you may consider yourself Americanised

A friend loves you for your intelligence, a mistress for your charm, but your family's love is unreasoning; you were born into it and are of its flesh and blood. Nevertheless it can irritate you more than any group of people in the world.

There are deserts in every life, and the desert must be depicted if we are to give a fair and complete idea of the country.