All is vanity, and discovering it - the greatest vanity.

If the gods have no sense of humor they must weep a great deal.

What is beautiful is right: what is unbeautiful is wrong.

In life there are no Unities, but three Incomprehensibles: Destiny, Man, and Woman.

People get to like a soul, but a satisfactory hat makes an impression at first sight.

Why should we refuse the happiness this hour gives us, because some other hour might take it away?

To die for one's great ideas is glorious - and easy. The horror is to outlive them. That is our worst capability.