The great tragedy of life is not that men perish, but that they cease to love.

Life is so largely controlled by chance that its conduct can be but a perpetual improvisation.

If a man hasn't what's necessary to make a woman love him, it's his fault, not hers.

Often the best way to overcome desire is to satisfy it.

Life isn't long enough for love and art.

One cannot find peace in work or in pleasure, in the world or in a convent, but only in one's soul.

I always find it more difficult to say the things I mean than the things I don't.

Only a mediocre person is always at his best.

It was such a beautiful day I decided to stay in bed.

The only important thing in a book is the meaning that it has for you.

Tolerance is only another name for indifference.

The most valuable thing I have learned from life is to regret nothing.

The fact that a great many people believe something is no guarantee of its truth.

The secret to life is meaningless unless you discover it yourself.

It's a funny thing about life; if you refuse to accept anything but the best, you very often get it.

To acquire the habit of reading is to construct for yourself a refuge from almost all the miseries of life.

The essence of the beautiful is unity in variety.

I can imagine no more comfortable frame of mind for the conduct of life than a humorous resignation.

I am the slime oozing out from your TV set. You will obey me while I lead you, and eat the garbage while I feed you.