“A little sincerity is a dangerous thing, and a great deal of it is absolutely fatal.”

Man is least himself when he talks in his own person. Give him a mask, and he will tell you the truth.

To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all.

The truth is rarely pure and never simple.

To love oneself is the beginning of a lifelong romance.

We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars.

The books that the world calls immoral are books that show the world its own shame.

Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much.