One thing above all gives charm to men's thoughts, and this is unrest. A mind that is not uneasy irritates and bores me.

The good critic is he who relates the adventures of his soul among masterpieces.

Lovers who love truly do not write down their happiness.

You learn to speak by speaking, to study by studying, to run by running, to work by working; in just the same way, you learn to love by loving.

Chance is perhaps the pseudonym of God when he did not want to sign.

In its majestic equality, the law forbids rich and poor alike to sleep under bridges, beg in the streets and steal loaves of bread.

God, conquered, will become Satan; Satan, conquering, will become God. May the fates spare me this terrible lot; I love the Hell which formed my genius. I love the Earth where I have done some good, if it be possible to do any good in this fearful world where beings live but by rapine.