"It is not every man's fate to marry the woman who loves him best."

"She was sensible and clever, but eager in everything; her sorrows, her joys, could have no moderation."

"The enthusiasm of a woman's love is even beyond the biographer's."

"Actually, depravity can be terribly boring if you don't smoke or drink."

"Always be a first-rate version of yourself."

"And I think that's what life is all about, actually, about children and flowers."