When the gods wish to punish us they answer our prayers.

The happiness of a married man depends on the people he has not married.

I am sorry my life is so marred and maimed by extravagance. But I cannot live otherwise. I, at any rate, pay the penalty of suffering.

A writer is someone who has taught his mind to misbehave.

More women grow old nowadays through the faithfulness of their admirers than through anything else.

Don't use big words. They mean so little.

But whether I become a believer or remain an agnostic, my belief or disbelief must derive its source from within, not from without. I, myself, must create its symbols. The transcendental is that which produces its own form. I will never discover its secret if I do not find it in my own heart; if I do not possess it already I shall never be able to acquire it.