"I consider the man who is master of himself to be more fortunate than he who is master of the world."

"The greatest happiness is to be loved for oneself, or, more correctly, to be loved in spite of oneself, with all one's faults and imperfections."

"The greatest pleasure of love is to arrive at it by paths where one is sure to lose oneself."

"I have always been a lover of good food and wine, and I have always enjoyed the finer things in life."

"The man who seeks to educate himself must first read, then travel."