What a silly thing love is!' said the student as he walked away. 'It is not half as useful as logic, for it does not prove anything, and it is always telling one of things that are not going to happen, and making one believe things that are not true. In fact, it is quite unpractical, and, as in this age to be practical is everything, I shall go back to philosophy and study metaphysics.' So he returned to his room and pulled out a great dusty book, and began to read.

If only the picture could grow old, and I stay young. For that...for that, I would give my SOUL for that.

Vulgarity is simply the conduct of other people.

I love scandals about other people, but scandals about myself don’t interest me. They have not got the charm of novelty.

If God wished to punish us, all he would need to do would be to answer our prayers.

A little sincerity is a dangerous thing, and a great deal of it is absolutely fatal.

The only things one never regrets are one's mistakes.