A pessimist is one who, when he has the choice of two evils, chooses both. - Oscar Wilde

quand elle est en grande toilette, on dirait l'édition de luxe d'un mauvais roman français.

There are moments when one has to choose between living one's own life, fully, entirely, completely-or dragging out some false, shallow, degrading existence that the world in its hypocrisy demands.

It is always painful to part from people whom one has known for a very brief space of time. The absence of old friends one can endure with equanimity. But even a momentary separation from anyone to whom one has just been introduced is almost unbearable.