The only way to get rid of a temptation is to yield to it.

In this world there are only two tragedies. One is not getting what one wants, and the other is getting it.

The heart was made to be broken.

Life is not governed by will or intention. Life is a question of nerves, and fibers, and slowly built-up cells in which thought hides itself and passion has its dreams.

Men always want to be a woman's first love. That is their clumsy vanity. We women have a more subtle instinct about things. What we like is to be a man's last romance.

The only difference between the saint and the sinner is that every saint has a past, and every sinner has a future.

What is beautiful is a joy for all seasons ...

Laughter is not at all a bad beginning for a friendship.

A poet can survive everything but a misprint.

No great artist ever sees things as they really are. If he did he would cease to be an artist.