All sorts of allowances are made for the illusions of youth, and none, or almost none for the disenchantment of age.
I have my own way of dividing people, as I suppose most of us have. There are those whom I can talk to, and those whom I can't.
Temptations come, as a general rule, when they are sought.
Oh, never mind the fashion. When one has a style of one's own, it is always twenty times better.
To have a man who can flirt is next thing to indispensable to a leader of society.
The ideal is the flower-garden of the mind, and very apt to run to weeds unless carefully tended.
One only says it is one's duty when one has something disagreeable to do.
I really like the melody "Red Wine Is Good For My Heart" and people respond to it. I decided to put it on the album.
I've become convinced that every person should treat himself strictly and even rudely and distrustfully; it's difficult to tame the beast in oneself.
Man lives two lives, woe, were it otherwise! One is seized by death, the other one, his honor, remains.
The very essence of playfulness is an openness to anything that may happen, the feeling that whatever happens, it's okay. . . you're either free to play, or you're not.