Laughter is the mind's intonation. There are ways of laughing which have the sound of counterfeit coins.

She is unable to dream, think or love. In a woman, poetry never comes naturally, but always as the result of education. Only the woman of the world is a woman; the rest are simply females.

The facts: nothing matters but the facts: worship of the facts leads to everything, to happiness first of all and then to wealth.

Debauchery is perhaps an act of despair in the face of infinity.

The English are crooked as a nation and honest as individuals. The contrary is true of the French, who are honest as a nation and crooked as individuals.

There have been many definitions of beauty in art. What is it? Beauty is what the untrained eyes consider abominable.

Surely nothing has to listen to so many stupid remarks as a painting in a museum.