Imagination grows by exercise, and contrary to common belief, is more powerful in the mature than in the young.

The prestige you acquire by being able to tell your friends that you know famous men proves only that you are yourself of small account.

Nothing more predisposes someone in our favour than to let him rob you a little.

It's no good trying to keep up old friendships. It's painful for both sides. The fact is, one grows out of people, and the only thing is to face it.

By the time a man notices that he is no longer young, his youth has long since left him.

Perfection has one grave defect: it is apt to be dull.

The essential element of love is a belief in its own eternity.