Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery that mediocrity can pay to greatness.

The people who have adored me-- there have not been very many, but there have been some-- have always insisted on living on, long after I had ceased to care for them, or they to care for me.

To be natural is such a very difficult pose to keep up.

The weather is entrancing, but in my heart there is no sun.

Would you be in any way offended if I said that you seem to me to be in every way the visible personification of absolute perfection?

I prefer women with a past. They're always so damned amusing to talk to.

To give an accurate description of what has never occurred is not merely the proper occupation of the historian, but the inalienable privilege of any man of parts and culture.