It is absurd to divide people into good and bad. People are either charming or tedious.
The secret of life is to appreciate the pleasure of being terribly, terribly deceived.
The only thing worse than being talked about is not being talked about.
Most people are other people. Their thoughts are someone else’s opinions, their lives a mimicry, their passions a quotation.
The only way to get rid of a temptation is to yield to it.
With freedom, books, flowers and the moon who could not be happy?
The artist is the creator of beautiful things.
I have the simplest tastes. I am always satisfied with the best.
One should always play fairly when one has the winning cards.
To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all.
Moderation is a fatal thing. Nothing succeeds like excess.