My strength has not equaled my mad ambition. I have remained obscure; I have done worse -- I have touched success, and allowed it to escape me.

No human being can control love, and no one is to blame either for feeling it or for losing it. What alone degrades a woman is falsehood.

Nature distributes her favors unequally.

The cigar is the perfect complement to an elegant lifestyle.

Life in common among people who love each other is the ideal of happiness.

Punctuation has its own philosophy, just as style does, although not as language does. Style is a good understanding of language, punctuation is a good understanding of style.

Celebrate within yourself that wonderful treasure . . . true kindness.