Yes, very sensible... People die of common sense, Dorian, one lost moment at a time. Life is a moment. There is no hereafter. So make it burn always with the hardest flame.

Life imitates art far more than art imitates Life.

The only form of fiction in which real characters do not seem out of place is history. In novels they are detestable.

It is the confession, not the priest, that gives us absolution.

I like persons better than principles, and I like persons with no principles better than anything else in the world.

When a love comes to an end, weaklings cry, efficient ones instantly find another love, and the wise already have one in reserve.

Between men and women there is no friendship possible. There is passion, enmity, worship, love, but no friendship.