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

There is no cruelty greater than a woman's to a man who loves her and whom she does not love; she has no kindness then, no tolerance even, she has only an insane irritation.

Impropriety is the soul of wit.

The ideas for stories that thronged my brain would not let me rest till I had got rid of them by writing them.

I do not believe they are right who say that the defects of famous men should be ignored. I think it is better that we should know them. Then, though we are conscious of having faults as glaring as theirs, we can believe that that is no hindrance to our achieving also something of their virtues.

How can I be reasonable? To me our love was everything and you were my whole life. It is not very pleasant to realize that to you it was only an episode.

By the time a man notices that he is no longer young, his youth has long since left him.