Not so much two ships passing in the night as two ships sailing together for a time but always bound for different ports.

The secret of contentment is never to allow yourself to want anything which reason tells you you haven't a chance of getting.

Of all the things that human beings did together, the sexual act was the one with the most various of reasons.

Murder is the unique crime, the only one for which we can never make reparation to the victim.

Every island to a child is a treasure island.

Youth goes caparisoned in immortality.

Human kindness is like a defective tap, the first gush may be impressive but the stream soon dries up.