There Is No Such Thing As Destiny.

Cheating Is A Sin, But Honest Cunning Is Simply Prudence. It Is A Virtue. To Be Sure, It Has A Likeness To Roguery, But That Cannot Be Helped. He Who Has Not Learned To Practice It Is A Fool.

If You Have Not Done Things Worthy Of Being Written About, At Least Write Things Worthy Of Being Read.

I Have Always Loved Truth So Passionately That I Have Often Resorted To Lying As A Way Of Introducing It Into The Minds Which Were Ignorant Of Its Charms.

To Kiss : An Attempt To Absorb The Essence Of The Other Person.

The Philosopher Is A Person Who Refuses No Pleasures Which Do Not Produce Greater Sorrows, And Who Knows How To Create New Ones.