I have three kinds of friends: those who love me, those who pay no attention to me, and those who detest me.

In love, everything is true, everything is false; it is the one subject on which one cannot express an absurdity.

It is commonly supposed that the art of pleasing is a wonderful aid in the pursuit of fortune; but the art of being bored is infinitely more successful.

There are more people who wish to be loved than there are who are willing to love.

Every day I add to the list of things I refuse to discuss. The wiser the man, the longer the list.

Remorse turns us against ourselves.

Anticipation leads the way to victory, and is the spur to conquest.