To be good is to be in harmony with one's self.
The reason we all like to think so well of others is that we are all afraid for ourselves. The basis of optimism is sheer terror.
The true perfection of man lies not in what man has, but in what man is.
I could never quite accustom myself to absinthe, but it suits my style so well
A process which makes one rogue cleverer than another.
Paradoxically though it may seem, it is none the less true that life imitates art far more than art imitates life.