I have never produced anything good except by a long succession of slight efforts.

Though a revolution may call itself "national," it always marks the victory of a single party.

The sole art that suits me is that which, rising from unrest, tends toward serenity.

The scholar seeks truth, the artist finds.

Chastity more rarely follows fear, or a resolution, or a vow, than it is the mere effect of lack of appetite and, sometimes even, of distaste.

Envying another man's happiness is madness; you wouldn't know what to do with it if you had it.

Please do not understand me too quickly.