Was it necessary to tell me that you wanted nothing in the world but me?' The corners of his mouth drooped peevishly. Oh, my dear, it's rather hard to take quite literally the things a man says when he's in love with you.' Didn't you mean them?' At the moment.

The secret to life is meaningless unless you discover it yourself.

Follow your inclinations with due regard to the policeman round the corner.

A woman can forgive a man for the harm he does her...but she can never forgive him for the sacrifices he makes on her account.

There are times when I look over the various parts of my character with perplexity. I recognize that I am made up of several persons and that the person that at the moment has the upper hand will inevitably give place to another. But which is the real one? All of them or none?

Like all weak men he laid an exaggerated stress on not changing one's mind.

It has been said that good prose should resemble the conversation of a well-bred man.