I refuse to have a battle of wits with an unarmed man.

They are the elect to whom beautiful things mean only Beauty.

Young men want to be faithful, and are not. Old men want to be faithless, and cannot.

It is only the sacred things that are worth touching

Dear Prince, I must leave you, but I will never forget you, and next spring I will bring you back two beautiful jewels in place of those you have given away. The ruby shall be redder than a red rose, and the sapphire shall be as blue as the great sea.

I like Wagner's music better than anybody's. It is so loud that one can talk the whole time without other people hearing what one says.

If you are going to tell people the truth, you had better make them laugh or they will kill you.