I am jealous of everything whose beauty does not die.
It is only shallow people who require years to get rid of an emotion. A man who is master of himself can end a sorrow as easily as he can invent a pleasure. I don't want to be at the mercy of my emotions. I want to use them, to enjoy them, and to dominate them.
Her love was trembling in laughter on her lips.
The only thing I cannot resist is temptation.
After a good dinner one can forgive anybody, even one's own relations.
Memory is the diary that chronicles things that never have happened and couldn't possibly have happened.