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

"Repulsion is the sentry that guards the gate to all that we most desire."

"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."

"All grand thoughts come from the heart."

"A life of peace, purity, and refinement leads to a calm and untroubled old age."

"Warning signs that lover is bored: 1. Passionless kisses 2. Frequent sighing 3. Moved, left no forwarding address."

"That is a good book which is opened with expectation, and closed with delight and profit."

"Childhood has no forebodings, but then, it is soothed by no memories of outlived sorrow."

"By trying we can easily learn to endure adversity. Another man's, I mean."