I never travel without my diary. One should always have something sensational to read in the train.

Art is the only serious thing in the world. And the artist is the only person who is never serious.

Selfishness is not living as one wishes to live, it is asking others to live as one wishes to live.

One should never listen. To listen is a sign of indifference to one's hearers.

You will always be fond of me. I represent to you all the sins you have never had the courage to commit.

They get up early, because they have so much to do, and go to bed early, because they have so little to think about.

The world is changed because you are made of ivory and gold. The curves of your lips rewrite history.