The fixity of a habit is generally in direct proportion to its absurdity.
The only paradise is paradise lost.
One of a hostess's duties is to act as procuress.
It is a mistake to speak of a bad choice in love, since as soon as a choice exists, it can only be bad.
We are healed from suffering only by experiencing it to the full.
The one thing more difficult than following a regimen is not imposing it on others.
We don't receive wisdom; we must discover it for ourselves after a journey that no one can take for us or spare us.
My destination is no longer a place, rather a new way of seeing.
People do not die for us immediately, but remain bathed in a sort of aura of life which bears no relation to true immortality but through which they continue to occupy our thoughts in the same way as when they were alive. It is as though they were traveling abroad.