Ugly women may be naturally quite as capricious as pretty ones; but as they are never petted and spoiled, and as no allowances are made for them, they soon find themselves obliged either to suppress their whims or to hide them.
Anatole FranceAll the good writers of confessions, from Augustine onwards, are men who are still a little in love with their sins.
Anatole FranceYou become a good writer just as you become a good joiner: by planing down your sentences.
Anatole France