It is cruel to discover one's mediocrity only when it is too late. It does not improve the temper.

Love is what happens to men and women who don't know each other.

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.

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

Perhaps the most important use of money - It saves time. Life is so short, and there's so much to do, one can't afford to waste a minute; and just think how much you waste, for instance, in walking from place to place instead of going by bus and in going by bus instead of by taxi.

She alone had been blind to his merit. Why? Because he loved her and she did not love him. What was it in the human heart that made you despise a man because he loved you?

To write simply is as difficult as to be good.