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!
All is vanity, and discovering it - the greatest vanity.
Men astonish themselves far more than they astonish their friends.
When a man forgets his ideals he may hope for happiness, but not till then.
love comes to man through his senses - to woman through her imagination.
Entertainment for entertainment's sake is the most expensive form of death.