"I am too fond of reading books to care to write them."

"The only way to behave to a woman is to make love to her if she is pretty, and to some one else if she is plain."

"Man is a rational animal who always loses his temper when he is called upon to act in accordance with the dictates of reason."

"One should always be in love. That is the reason why one should never marry."

"There are only two tragedies in life: one is not getting what one wants, and the other is getting it."