We only half live when we only half think.
A woman can keep one secret the secret of her age.
I read only to please myself, and enjoy only what suits my taste.
Do well and you will have no need for ancestors.
But there must be some pleasure in condemning everything--in perceiving faults where others think they see beauties.' 'You mean there is pleasure in having no pleasure.
God gave us the gift of life; it is up to us to give ourselves the gift of living well.