An idea that is not dangerous is unworthy of being called an idea at all.
Live! Live the wonderful life that is in you! Let nothing be lost upon you. Be always searching for new sensations. Be afraid of nothing.
Women have a much better time than men in this world; there are far more things forbidden to them.
The nicest feeling in the world is to do a good deed anonymously-and have somebody find out.
The only good thing to do with good advice is pass it on; it is never of any use to oneself.
The good ended happily, and the bad unhappily. That is what Fiction means.
Some things are more precious because they don’t last long.
Laughter is not at all a bad beginning for a friendship, and it is by far the best ending for one.
It takes a great deal of courage to see the world in all its tainted glory, and still to love it.
A little sincerity is a dangerous thing, and a great deal of it is absolutely fatal.
Whenever a man does a thoroughly stupid thing, it is always from the noblest motives.
This wallpaper is dreadful, one of us will have to go.
Every portrait that is painted with feeling is a portrait of the artist, not of the sitter.
The mystery of love is greater than the mystery of death.
The public is wonderfully tolerant. It forgives everything except genius.
Hear no evil, speak no evil, and you’ll never be invited to a party.
I don’t say we all ought to misbehave. But we ought to look as if we could.
I never put off till tomorrow what I can possibly do – the day after.
I like persons better than principles, and I like persons with no principles better than anything else in the world.
You must have a cigarette. A cigarette is the perfect type of a perfect pleasure. It is exquisite, and it leaves one unsatisfied. What more can one want?