Don't let young people tell you their aspirations; when they drop them they will drop you.

We need two kinds of acquaintances, one to complain to, while to the others we boast.

What joy can the years bring half so sweet as the unhappiness they've taken away?

One's own vanities and humiliations I find a delicious subject for conversation. Things said of me behind my back I don't enjoy, and don't listen to them.

Charming people live up to the very edge of their charm, and behave as outrageously as the world will let them.

People say that life is the thing, but I prefer reading.

Don't let young people tell you their aspirations; when they drop them they will drop you.