A grand passion is the privelege of people who have nothing to do.
When one pays a visit it is for the purpose of wasting other people's time, not one's own.
Experience is one thing you can't get for nothing.
I am a man of simple pleasures. The best suits me perfectly.
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.
The man who can dominate a London dinner-table can dominate the world.