Anyone who lives within their means suffers from a lack of imagination.

I am not young enough to know everything.

Keep love in your heart. A life without it is like a sunless garden when the flowers are dead. The consciousness of loving and being loved brings a warmth and richness to life that nothing else can bring.

The soul is born old but grows young. That is the comedy of life. And the body is born young and grows old. That is life's tragedy.

I have the simplest tastes. I am always satisfied with the best.

One's real life is so often the life that one does not lead.

Morality is simply the attitude we adopt toward people we personally dislike.

To love oneself is the beginning of a lifelong romance.

There are only two tragedies in life: one is not getting what one wants, and the other is getting it.

I write because it gives me the greatest possible artistic pleasure to write. If my work pleases the few I am gratified. As for the mob, I have no desire to be a popular novelist. It is far too easy.

The only way to get rid of temptation is to yield to it.

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