Gratitude is a fool's word; we find it in the dictionary, but it is not in the heart of man.

Conscience is a cudgel which all men pick up in order to thwack their neighbors instead of applying it to their own shoulders.

Virtue is not a thing you can have by halves; it is or it is not.

The best painters, as they progress in reputation and towards perfection, are found to dispense more and more with the technique of the art, for simpler methods. Simplicity never fails to charm.

Materialism and spirituality are two pretty racquets with which charlatans in cap and gown make the same ball fly.

A husband and wife who have separate bedrooms have either drifted apart or found happiness.

The passion of love is essentially selfish, while motherhood widens the circle of our feelings.