The good traveler has the gift of surprise.

When married people don't get on they can separate, but if they're not married it's impossible. It's a tie that only death can sever.

A little smoke lost in the air, that was the life of a man.

Women are constantly trying to commit suicide for love, but generally they take care not to succeed.

Perfection is a trifle dull. It is not the least of life's ironies that this, which we all aim at, is better not quite achieved.

The best style is the style you don't notice.

I know that I shall die struggling for breath, and I know that I shall be horribly afraid. I know that I shall not be able to keep myself from regretting bitterly the life that has brought me to such a pass; but I disown that regret. I now, weak, old, diseased, poor, dying, hold still my soul in my hands, and I regret nothing.