Dear little Swallow,’ said the Prince, ‘you tell me of marvelous things, but more marvelous than anything is the suffering of men and of women. There is no Mystery so great as Misery.

A glass of absinthe is as poetical as anything in the world. What difference is there between a glass of absinthe and a sunset?

After a good dinner one can forgive anybody, even one's own relations.

Ambition is the germ from which all growth of nobleness proceeds.

Football is all very well as a game for rough girls, but is hardly suitable for delicate boys.

He wants to enslave you.' 'I shudder at the thought of being free.

The only thing that ever consoles man for the stupid things he does is the praise he always gives himself for doing them.