Jemanden zu beeinflussen bedeutet, ihm eine fremde Seele zu... - Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray

"Humanity takes itself too seriously. It is the world's original sin. If the cave-man had known how to laugh, History would have been different."

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

"But then one regrets the loss even of one's worst habits. Perhaps one regrets them the most. They are such an essential part of one's personality."

"We can have in life but one great experience at best, and the secret of life is to reproduce that experience as often as possible."