Art is merely the refuge which the ingenious have invented, when they were supplied with food and women, to escape the tediousness of life.

When you have loved as she has loved, you grow old beautifully.

She was a fool and he knew it and because he loved her it had made no difference.

You can never know enough about your characters

If forty million people say a foolish thing it does not become a wise one.

Impropriety is the soul of wit.

A good rule for writers: do not explain overmuch.