“There is only one thing in the world worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about.”

True friends stab you in the front.

To love oneself is the beginning of a lifelong romance.

Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much.

Discontent is the first step in the progress of a man or a nation.

Life imitates art far more than art imitates life.

The only difference between a caprice and a lifelong passion is that the caprice lasts a little longer.

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