Men astonish themselves far more than they astonish their friends.

It is our imagination, not our conscience, which makes us better than the beasts of the field.

love comes to man through his senses - to woman through her imagination.

Entertainment for entertainment's sake is the most expensive form of death.

I have always found that each step we take in life is to be regretted - if we once begin to wonder how many other steps might have been possible.

Disillusions all come from within ... from the failure of some dear and secret hope. The world makes no promises; we only dream it does; and when we wake, we cry!

Faults! I adore faults! I can never find too many in any creature.