When a love comes to an end, weaklings cry, efficient ones instantly find another love, and the wise already have one in reserve.

One should always play fairly when one has the winning cards.

The only way to get rid of temptation is to yield to it... I can resist everything but temptation.

The youth of the present day are quite monstrous. They have absolutely no respect for dyed hair.

Lying, the telling of beautiful untrue things, is the proper aim of Art.

There is no good talking to him," said a Dragon-fly, who was sitting on the top of a large brown bulrush; "no good at all, for he has gone away." "Well, that is his loss, not mine," answered the Rocket. "I am not going to stop talking to him merely because he pays no attention. I like hearing myself talk. It is one of my greatest pleasures. I often have long conversations all by myself, and I am so clever that sometimes I don't understand a single word of what I am saying." "Then you should definitely lecture on Philosophy," said the Dragon-fly.

Art, like Nature, has her monsters