There's nothing the world loves more than a ready-made description which they can hang on to a man, and so save themselves all trouble in future.

You learn more quickly under the guidance of experienced teachers. You waste a lot of time going down blind alleys if you have no one to lead you.

As lovers, the difference between men and women is that women can love all day long, but men only at times.

The novel may stimulate you to think. It may satisfy your aesthetic sense. It may arouse your moral emotions. But if it does not entertain you it is a bad novel.

The great tragedy of life is not that men perish, but that they cease to love.

Culture is not just an ornament; it is the expression of a nation's character, and at the same time it is a powerful instrument to mould character. The end of culture is right living.

A good Havana is one of the best pleasures that I know.