There is no such thing as a great talent without great will power.

Between the daylight gambler and the player at night there is the same difference that lies between a careless husband and the lover swooning under his lady's window.

Equality may be the law, but no human power can install it.

Authentic love always assumes the mystery of modesty, even in its expression, because actions speak louder than words. Unlike a feigned love, it feels no need to set a conflagration.

Misfortune makes of certain souls a vast desert through which rings the voice of God.

As soon as coffee is in your stomach, there is a general commotion. Ideas begin to move…similes arise, the paper is covered. Coffee is your ally and writing ceases to be a struggle.

At fifteen, neither beauty nor talent exist: a woman is all promise.