"There are some days when I think I'm going to die from an overdose of satisfaction."

"The only difference between me and a madman is that I am not mad"

"The difference between false memories and true ones is the same as for jewels: it is always the false ones that look the most real, the most brilliant."

"It is not necessary for the public to know whether I am joking or whether I am serious, just as it is not necessary for me to know it myself."

"Have no fear of perfection -- you will never reach it."

"The first man to compare the cheeks of a young woman to a rose was obviously a poet; the first to repeat it was possibly an idiot."

"Not life, but good life, is to be chiefly valued."

"There are women who are for all your 'times of life.' They're the most wonderful sort."

"The only real possession you'll ever have is your character."

"Sweet are the slumbers of the virtuous man."

"Common sense is the knack of seeing things as they are, and doing things as they ought to be done."

"Stolen sweets are best."