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

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

We don't love a woman for what she says, we like what she says because we love her.

Smile, for everyone lacks self-confidence and more than any other one thing a smile reassures them.

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

The reading of a fine book is an uninterrupted dialogue in which the book speaks and our soul replies.

Lost Illusion is the undisclosed title of every novel.