The rich have a passion for bargains as lively as it is pointless.

Unhappiness has nothing to teach, and resignation is ugly.

Of course the illusion of art is to make one believe that great literature is very close to life, but exactly the opposite is true. Life is amorphous, literature is formal.

I don't think there's any intrinsic difference between a lover and a husband. ... If I were cynical, I would say that a woman should have both a good husband and a lover. But I'm not cynical so I'll just say that a woman should have a lover who's a good husband and a husband who's a good lover, perhaps both.

Life has confirmed for me the thoughts and impressions I had when I was 18, as if it was all intuition.

I have loved to the point of madness; That which is called madness, That which to me, Is the only sensible way to love.

People respect unhappiness and find it especially hard to forgive success.