Never trust a thought that didn't come by walking.

The most fatal seductive lie that has yet existed

O Voltaire! O humanity! O idiocy! There is something ticklish in "the truth," and in the SEARCH for the truth; and if man goes about it too humanely-"il ne cherche le vrai que pour faire le bien"-I wager he finds nothing!

As an artist one has no home in Europe except in Paris.

We do not place especial value on the possession of a virtue until we notice its total absence in our opponent.

He who recites dramatic works makes discoveries about his own character.

A man of genius is unbearable, unless he possesses at least two things besides: gratitude and purity.