Sin ought to be something exquisite, my dear boy.

Perfection is such a nuisance that I often regret having cured myself of using tobacco.

These young people naturally grow up with ideas different from ours, for they are born for times when we shall no longer be here

She might have liked to try to strangle him with those slender fingers of hers, but she wanted to make a job of it and this great patience with which she waited for her claws to grow was in itself a form of enjoyment.

Did science promise happiness? I do not believe it. It promised truth, and the question is to know if we will ever make happiness with truth.

They talked so, with secret hearts, without needing words, talking of other things... They could have suddenly continued their confessions aloud, without ceasing to understand each other.

Let us eat, drink and satisfy our coarse appetites, but let us keep our souls sacred and apart.