Nothing is ugly as long as it is alive.

You cannot keep up a nightlife and amount to anything in the day. You cannot indulge in those foods and liquors that destroy the physique and still hope to have a physique that functions with the minimum of destruction to itself. A candle burnt at both ends may shed a brighter light, but the darkness that follows is for a longer time.

A style does not go out of style as long as it adapts itself to its period

After a fashion, they did, mingling the sale of perfumes with anti-Nazi propaganda. In the event, my tirelessly publicised determination to wrest back control of the business neutralised most of the adverse repercussions on me from an unwilling association with their propaganda.

Strength is built by one's failures, not by one's successes.

Jump out the window if you are the object of passion. Flee it if you feel it. Passion goes, boredom remains.

Before you leave the house, look in the mirror and remove one accessory.