“Wickedness is a myth invented by good people to account for the curious attractiveness of others.”

“All charming people are spoiled. It is the secret of their attraction.”

“It is a curious fact that people are never so trivial as when they take themselves seriously”

“Men marry because they are tired; women, because they are curious: both are disappointed.”

“It is absurd to divide people into good and bad. People are either charming or tedious.”

“It’s absurd to divide people into good and bad. People are either charming or tedious.”

“Good resolutions are useless attempts to interfere with scientific laws. Their origin is pure vanity. Their result is absolutely nil. They give us, now and then, some of those luxurious sterile emotions that have a certain charm for the weak.... They are simply cheques that men draw on a bank where they have no account.”