We quaff the cup of life with eager haste without draining it, instead of which it only overflows the brim - objects press around us, filling the mind with the throng of desires that wait upon them, so that we have no room for the thoughts of death.

In a very ugly and sensible age, the arts borrow, not from life, but from each other.

Believe me, no civilized man ever regrets a pleasure, and no uncivilized man ever knows what a pleasure is.

If you want to be witty, say what you think at all times

One should never make one's entrance with a scandal. One should reserve that to give an interest to one's old age.

Truth is independent of facts always.

People are very fond of giving away what they need most themselves. It is what I call the depth of generosity.