It is a dangerous thing to reform anyone.

Being natural is simply a pose, and the most irritating pose I know.

I write because it gives me the greatest possible artistic pleasure to write. If my work pleases the few I am gratified. As for the mob, I have no desire to be a popular novelist. It is far too easy.

There is nothing so difficult to marry as a large nose.

I may have said the same thing before... but my explanation, I am sure, will always be different.

Life is too short to be taken seriously.

I am afraid that woman appreciate cruelty, downright cruelty, more than anything else. They have wonderfully primitive instincts. We have emancipated them, but they remain slaves looking for their masters, all the same. They love being dominated.