“He loves first editions, especially of women: little girls are his passion.”

“Between men and women there is no friendship possible. There is passion, enmity, worship, love, but no friendship.”

“I see when men love women. They give them but a little of their lives. But women when they love give everything.”

“When a woman marries again, it is because she detested her first husband. When a man marries again, it is because he adored his first wife. Women try their luck; men risk theirs.”

“Men always want to be a woman's first love - women like to be a man's last romance.”

“Cheap editions of great books may be delightful, but cheap editions of great men are absolutely detestable”

“Always! That is a dreadful word. It makes me shudder when I hear it. Women are so fond of using it. They spoil every romance by trying to make it last forever. It is a meaningless word, too. The only difference between a caprice and a life-long passion is that the caprice lasts a little longer.”