It is the certainty that they possess the truth that makes men cruel.

Of all the ways of defining man, the worst is the one which makes him out to be a rational animal.

Dog! When we first met on the highway of life, we came from the two poles of creation.... What can be the meaning of the obscure love for me that has sprung up in your heart?

I do not know any reading more easy, more fascinating, more delightful than a catalogue.

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.

An old philosopher said to Monsieur Coignard, a Reverend Father: 'You are a pig!' To which Abad Coignard answered: 'You flatter me, sir. But unfortunately, I'm only a man.'

A tale without love is like beef without mustard: insipid.