my own business always bores me to death. I prefer other people's.

there is only one thing in the world worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about.

education is an admirable thing. But it is well to remember from time to time that nothing that is worth knowing can be taught.

the mystery of love is greater than the mystery of death.

the only way to get rid of a temptation is to yield to it.

there is no sin except stupidity.

experience is of no ethical value. It was merely the name men give to their mistakes.

he is really not so ugly after all, provided, of course, that one shuts one's eyes, and does not look at him.