"Man can believe the impossible, but can never believe the improbable"
"She lacks the indefinable charm of weakness."
"A man can be happy with any woman as long as he does not love her."
"America is the only country that went from barbarism to decadence without civilization in between."
"Ordinary riches can be stolen, real riches cannot. In your soul are infinitely precious things that cannot be taken from you."
"There are only two tragedies in life: one is not getting what one wants, and the other is getting it."
"I have the simplest tastes. I am always satisfied with the best."
"Whenever a man does a thoroughly stupid thing, it is always from the noblest motives."
"Who, being loved, is poor?"
"They spoil every romance by trying to make it last forever."