The past is of no importance. The present is of no importance. It is with the future that we have to deal. For the past is what man should not have been. The present is what man ought not to be. The future is what artists are.

What is the good of friendship if one cannot say exactly what one means?

There are few things easier than to live badly and die well.

All charming people, I fancy, are spoiled. It is the secret of their attraction.

A mask tells us more than a face.

You know what a woman's curiosity is.

One should always play fairly when one has the winning cards.