The books that everybody admires are those that nobody reads.

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

I am a physician. I keep a drug-shop of lies. I give relief, consolation. Can one console and relieve without lying? ... Only women and doctors know how necessary and how helpful lies are to men.

Change is the essence of life.

Innocence most often is a good fortune and not a virtue.

Sometimes one day in a difference place gives you more than ten years of a life at home.

Unhappiness does make people look stupid.