Youth is a period of missed opportunities.

All charming people have something to conceal, usually their total dependence on the appreciation of others.

Beautiful women must think about their beauty as capitalists think about their investments or politicians about their majorities; it is all they have to insure their places in the world.

The more I see of life the more I perceive that only through solitary communion with nature can one gain an idea of its richness and meaning.

Vulgarity is the garlic in the salad of charm.

There are many who dare not kill themselves for fear of what the neighbours will say.

The books I haven't written are better than the books other people have.