In love we are not only liable to betray ourselves, but also the secrets of others.

True courage is like a kite; a contrary wind raises it higher.

An angry woman is vindictive beyond measure, and hesitates at nothing in her bitterness.

Every generous illusion of youth leaves a wrinkle as it departs. Experience is the successive disenchanting of the things of life; it is reason enriched with the heart's spoils.

Happiness is where we find it, but rarely where we seek it.

Envy, like flame, blackens that which is above it, and which it cannot reach.

It requires less character to discover the faults of others, than to tolerate them.

Do you know a young and beautiful woman who is not ready to flirt-just a little?

Loud indignation against vice often stands for virtue in the eyes of bigots.

Many fortunes, like rivers, have a pure source, but grow muddy as they grow large.

The happiness of the tender heart is increased by what it can take away from the wretchedness of others.

It is inevitable that being unaware of the purpose for it is inevitable that being unaware of the purpose for your life, you will not be able to recover from being abandoned by your wife or husband

Stars don’t beg the world for attention

I am not religious in the dogmatic sense... I neither believe nor disbelieve in anything.

Even great men bow before the Sun; it melts hubris into humility.

The latest fashion… is absolutely necessary for a painting. It’s what matters most.

Good poetry seems so simple and natural a thing that when we meet it we wonder that all men are not always poets. Poetry is nothing but healthy speech.

Alcoholism is the only disease that you can get yelled at for having.

I think it's important for people to realize that we were all young, all naive, and also we had lived in a time that had magic.

As I observe my daily life and that of others, I have come to the conclusion that genuine joy is a potent mixture of harsh reality, and the realization that life can be funny.

The dramatic wish of Romanians at the end of the Second World War was to be occupied by the Americans and not by the Russians.