“First love is only a little foolishness and a lot of curiosity.”

“[Chess] is a foolish expedient for making idle people believe they are doing something very clever, when they are only wasting their time. ”

“For four wicked centuries the world has dreamed this foolish dream of efficiency; and the end is not yet. But the end will come.”

“The fickleness of the women I love is only equaled by the infernal constancy of the women who love me.”

“Only in books has mankind known perfect truth, love and beauty.”

“Only on paper has humanity yet achieved glory, beauty, truth, knowledge, virtue, and abiding love.”

“Oh that. Men do fall in love with me. They seem to think me a creature with volcanic passions; I'm sure I don't know why. All the volcanic women I know are plain little creatures with sandy hair. I don't consider human volcanoes respectable. And I'm so tired of the subject. Our house is always full of women in love with my husband and men in love with me. We encourage it because it's pleasant to have company.”