Broken china lasts longer than unbroken.
Posterity! Why should people be less stupid tomorrow than they are today?
Life is what our character makes it. We fashion it, as a snail does its shell. A man can say: I never made a fortune because it is not in my character to be rich.
Style is to forget all styles.
We don't understand life any better at forty than at twenty, but we know it and admit it
There are moments when everything goes well, but don't be frightened.