The only thing worse than being talked about is not being talked about世上只有一件事比被人议论更糟糕，那就是没人议论你。

The happiness of a married man depends on the people he has not married已婚者的快乐来自那些他没有娶的人。

Looking good and dressing well is a necessity. Having a purpose in life is not注意穿着打扮是必要的。而拥有生活目标却并非如此。

To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all生活是世上最罕见的事情，大多数人只是存在，仅此而已。

One can always be kind to people one cares nothing about一个人总是可以善待他毫不在意的人。

The truth is rarely pure and never simple真相很少纯粹，也决不简单。

Only the shallow know themselves只有浅薄的人才了解自己。

The only way to get rid of temptation is to yield to it... I can resist everything but temptation摆脱诱惑的唯一方式是臣服于诱惑……我能抗拒一切，除了诱惑。

The public is wonderfully tolerant. It forgives everything except genius公众惊人地宽容。他们可以原谅一切，除了天才。

Wickedness is a myth invented by good people to account for the curious attractiveness of others邪恶是善良的人们编造的谎言，用来解释其他人的特殊魅力。

Men become old, but they never become good人们越长越老，但绝不会越变越好。

The heart was made to be broken心是用来碎的。

I like persons better than principles, and I like persons with no principles better than anything else in the world我喜欢人甚于原则，此外我还喜欢没原则的人甚于世界上的一切。

When one is in love, one always begins by deceiveing one's self, and one always ends by deceiving others. That is what would calls a romance恋爱，总是以自欺开始，以欺人结束。