Your career will be a painful one. I divine something in you which offends the vulgar.

Because one has little fear of shocking vanity in Italy, people adopt an intimate tone very quickly and discuss personal things.

Women prefer emotions to reasoning.

A man who is half an idiot, but who keeps a sharp lookout and acts prudently all his life, often enjoys the pleasure of triumphing over men of more imagination than he

I used to think of deathlike I suppose soldiers think of it: it was a possible thing that I could well avoid by my skill.

But, if I sample this pleasure so prudently and circumspectly, it will no longer be a pleasure.

A good book is an event in my life.