Everything that is in agreement with our personal desires seems true; everything that is not puts us in a rage.

The minds of different generations are as impenetrable one by the other as are the monads of Leibniz.

To be witty is not enough. One must possess sufficient wit to avoid having too much of it.

The reading of a fine book is an uninterrupted dialogue in which the book speaks and our soul replies.

We don't love a woman for what she says, we like what she says because we love her.

There are deserts in every life, and the desert must be depicted if we are to give a fair and complete idea of the country.

Lost Illusion is the undisclosed title of every novel.