The sharp knife of a short life, wellI've had, just enough time.

Vision and purpose fix our character.

Sometimes, the biggest secrets you can only tell a stranger.

Shame is like melting. You can actually feel your muscles sag and drop, as if your body is preparing you to crawl, or possibly ooze, to the nearest exit.

I partied in every capital in Europe, basked on all the famous beaches, and good-timed it in South America, the South Seas, the Orient, and the more palatable portions of Africa.

Selecting a stroke is like selecting a wife. To each his own.

I can’t write five words but that I change seven.

The court is like a palace of marble; it's composed of people very hard and very polished.

Woman was formed to admire; man to be admirable. His are the glories of the sun at noonday; hers the softened splendors of the midnight moon.

If you're really driven and you want something deep, hard enough in life, you're going to get it.

If you do please everyone, you are not making enough progress.