The most gifted natures are perhaps also the most trembling.

It is unthinkable for a Frenchman to arrive at middle age without having syphilis and the Cross of the Legion of Honor.

In hell there is no other punishment than to begin over and over again the tasks left unfinished in your lifetime.

The most beautiful things are those that madness prompts and reason writes.

Wisdom comes not from reason but from love.

Money cannot buy happiness, but it can make you awfully comfortable while you're being miserable. Nothing prevents happiness like the memory of happiness.

The wise man is he who constantly wonders afresh.