The reason we all like to think so well of others is that we... - Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray

"A man can be happy with any woman as long as he does not love her."

"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."

"You are a wonderful creation. You know more than you think you know, just as you know less than you want to know."

"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 I like people immensely I never tell their names to anyone. It is like surrendering a part of them. I have grown to love secrecy."