The only difference between a caprice and a lifelong passion is that the caprice lasts a little longer.

When good Americans die, they go to Paris" "Where do bad Americans go?" "They stay in America

She was a curious woman, whose dresses always looked as if they had been designed in a rage and put on in a tempest. She was usually in love with somebody, and, as her passion was never returned, she had kept all her illusions. She tried to look picturesque, but only succeeded in being untidy.

Private information is practically the source of every large modern fortune.

If you pretend to be good, the world takes you very seriously. If you pretend to be bad, it doesn't. Such is the astounding stupidity of optimism.

Life is a nightmare that prevents one from sleeping.

You must have a cigarette. A cigarette is the perfect type of a perfect pleasure. It is exquisite, and it leaves one unsatisfied. What more can one want?