Teacher

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

Everything popular is wrong.

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.

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

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

A man can't be too careful in the choice of his enemies.

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

To love oneself is the beginning of a lifelong romance.

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

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

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.