It is better to have a permanent income than to be fascinating. |
An idea that is not dangerous is unworthy of being called an idea at all. |
Behind every exquisite thing that existed, there was something tragic. |
The truth is rarely pure and never simple. |
Anyone who lives within their means suffers from a lack of imagination. |
One should never trust a woman who tells one her real age. A woman who would tell one that would tell one anything. |
True friends stab you in the front. |
The only thing that can console one for being poor is extravagance. |
When I was young I thought that money was the most important thing in life; now that I am old I know that it is. |
A woman will flirt with anybody in the world as long as other people are looking on. |