I prefer women with a past. They're always so damned amusing to talk to.

Do not be afraid of the past. If people tell you that it is irrevocable, do not believe them.

There is no doubt that genius lasts longer than beauty.

People are either charming or tedious.

I wonder that no criminal has ever pleaded the ugliness of your city as an excuse for his crimes.

It is always painful fo part from people whom one has known for a very brief space of time. The absence of old friends one can endure with equanimity. But even a momentary separation from anyone to whom one has just been introduced is almost unbearable.

Clergymen and people who use phrases without wisdom sometimes talk of suffering as a mystery. It is really a revelation.