"It is perfectly monstrous,' he said, at last, 'the way people go about nowadays saying things against one behind one's back that are absolutely and entirely true."
"You will always be fond of me. I represent to you all the sins you never had the courage to commit."
"When one is in love, one always begins by deceiving one's self, and one always ends by deceiving others. That is what the world calls a romance."
"I never approve, or disapprove, of anything now. It is an absurd attitude to take towards life."
"To define is to limit."
"The books that the world calls immoral are books that show the world its own shame."