A woman will flirt with anybody in the world as long as other people are looking on.

An acquaintance that begins with a compliment is sure to develop into a real friendship.

Nothing can cure the soul but the senses, just as nothing can cure the senses but the soul.

Do not be afraid of the past. If people tell you that it is irrevocable, do not believe them. The past, the present and the future are but one moment in the sight of God, in whose sight we should try to live. Time and space, succession and extension, are merely accidental conditions of thought. The imagination can transcend them.

If a woman wants to hold a man she has merely to appeal to what is worst in him.

There are two ways of disliking poetry, one way is to dislike it, the other is to read Pope.

People are very fond of giving away what they need most themselves. It is what I call the depth of generosity.