The proper basis for marriage is mutual misunderstanding. The happiness of a married man depends on the people he has not married. One should always be in love - that's the reason one should never marry.

Talk to a woman as if you loved her, and to a man as if he bored you.

A mutual misunderstanding.

Only love can keep anyone alive.

Each of us has heaven and hell in him.

California is an Italy without its art.

I don’t write this letter to put bitterness into your heart, but to pluck it out of mine. For my own sake I must forgive you.