She is very clever, too clever for a woman. She lacks the indefinable charm of weakness.

To love oneself is the beginning of a lifelong romance.

Wickedness is a myth invented by good people to account for the curious attractiveness of others.

Arguments are to be avoided: they are always vulgar and often convincing.

Every effect that one produces gives one an enemy. To be popular one must be a mediocrity.

It's the spectator, and not life, that art really mirrors.

I have a business appointment that I am anxious... to miss.