The books that everybody admires are those that nobody reads.
For every monarchy overthrown the sky becomes less brilliant, because it loses a star. A republic is ugliness set free.
A writer is rarely so well inspired as when he talks about himself.
It is not easy to be a pretty woman without causing mischief.
Men are not created to know, men are not created to understand ... and our illusions increase with our knowledge.
Justice is the sanction of established injustice.