I have come to have the firm conviction that vanity is the basis of everything, and finally that what one calls conscience is only inner vanity.

Earth has its boundaries, but human stupidity is limitless.

It is always sad to leave a place to which one knows one will never return.

There are three thing in the world I love most: the sea, Hamlet, and Don Giovanni.

Maybe happiness too is a metaphor invented on a day of boredom

Of all the icy blasts that blow on love, a request for money is the most chilling.

It’s hard to communicate anything exactly and that’s why perfect relationships between people are difficult to find.