"The only way to escape from the miseries of life is to forget them."

"I consider it my duty to be happy, and I seek happiness wherever I can find it, even in the most forbidden places."

"I have met with some of my best friends through accidentally sitting next to them at dinner."

"The greatest pleasure is to be able to make one's own choices, and to live with the consequences."

"I have always been a lover of beauty, in all its forms."