Make him laugh and he will think you a trivial fellow, but bore him in the right way and your reputation is assured.

I am sick of this way of life. The weariness and sadness of old age make it intolerable. I have walked with death in hand, and death's own hand is warmer than my own. I don't wish to live any longer.

She loved three things — a joke, a glass of wine, and a handsome man.

It must be a fault in me that I am not gravely shocked at the sins of others unless they personally affect me.

Sometimes people carry to such perfection the mask they have assumed that in due course they actually become the person they seem.

The life force is vigorous. The delight that accompanies it counter-balances all the pains and hardships that confront men. It makes life worth living.

The passing moment is all we can be sure of; it is only common sense to extract its utmost value from it.