I do not know why one should not hunt two hares even in the literal sense....

I am dying. I haven't drunk champagne for a long time.

I should like to meet a philosopher like Nietzsche somewhere in a train or a steamer, and to spend the whole night talking to him. I consider his philosophy won't last long, however. It's more showy than convincing.

It is the writer's business not to accuse and not to prosecute, but to champion the guilty, once they are condemned and suffer punishment.

We old bachelors smell like dogs, do we? So be it. But I must take issue with your claim that doctors who treat female illnesses are womanizers and cynics at heart. Gynecologists deal with savage prose the likes of which you have never dreamed of.

Perhaps the feelings that we experience when we are in love represent a normal state. Being in love shows a person who he should be.

A writer is not a confectioner, a cosmetic dealer, or an entertainer.