I must decline your invitation owing to a subsequent engagement.

Life is far too important a thing ever to talk seriously about.

The basis of optimism is sheer terror.

The advantage of the emotions is that they lead us astray.

Moderation is a fatal thing. Nothing succeeds like excess.

Romance should never begin with sentiment. It should begin with science and end with a settlement.

We are not held back by the love we didn't receive in the past, but by the love we're not extending in the present.

I loathe narcissism, but I approve of vanity.

It is not how old you are, but how you are old.

To love is to recognize yourself in another.

Hollywood is a place where people from Iowa mistake each other for movie stars.

Falling in love and having a relationship are two different things.

Giving frees us from the familiar territory of our own needs by opening our mind to the unexplained worlds occupied by the needs of others.

A man must not swallow more beliefs than he can digest.

It is so pleasant to come across people more stupid than ourselves. We love them at once for being so.