My own business always bores me to death; I prefer other people's.

Every woman becomes their mother. That's their tragedy. And no man becomes his. That's his tragedy.

Don't imagine that your perfection lies in accumulating or possessing external things. Your affection is inside of you.

Some things are more precious because they don't last long.

The moment one sits down to think, one becomes all nose, or all forehead, or something horrid

The sure way of knowing nothing about life is to try to make oneself useful.

The public have an insatiable curiosity to know everything, except what is worth knowing.