The more you lose the right to be jealous, the more so you become!

One approaches journey's end. But the end is a goal, not a catastrophe.

The smoke of glory is not worth the smoke of a pipe.

He who draws noble delights from sentiments of poetry is a true poet, though he has never written a line in all his life.

The cigar is the perfect complement to an elegant lifestyle.

Fretting at trouble only doubles it.

Do not exhaust yourself by efforts to trace back to original causes. Better accept them as inevitable and save your strength to fight against the effects.

When mental illness increases until it reaches the danger point, do not exhaust yourself by efforts to trace back to original causes. Better accept them as inevitable and save your strength to fight against the effects.

One changes from day to day, and... after a few years have passed one has completely altered.

A cigar numbs sorrow and fills the solitary hours with a million gracious images.

Masterpieces are only lucky attempts.

Party politics is now a real farce.

I needn't tell you that success and failure prove nothing -- the whole thing is a lottery. It's pleasant to succeed; but for a philosophic mind it oughtn't to be very upsetting to fail.

It is high time that we had lights that are not incendiary torches.

Life resembles a novel more often than novels resemble life.

Immodest creature, you do not want a woman who will accept your faults, you want the one who pretends you are faultless -- one who will caress the hand that strikes her and kiss the lips that lie to her.

You must write for all those who are thirsty to read and who can enjoy a good reading.

Ever since time began the world has seemed stupid to those who aren't stupid themselves. It was to avoid that annoyance that I became stupid myself, as fast as ever I could. Sheer egoism, no doubt.

To be made evident, truth must be sought for; for of itself it is slow to appear, and between ourselves and God the obstacles are so many!

Punctuation has its own philosophy, just as style does, although not as language does. Style is a good understanding of language, punctuation is a good understanding of style.