Men are cowards when it comes to the "eternally feminine": and the little women know it.

The desire to annoy no one, to harm no one, can equally well be the sign of a just as of an anxious disposition.

All good things were formerly bad things; every original sin has turned into an original virtue.

Mystical explanations are thought to be deep; the truth is that they are not even shallow.

Alas! There cometh the time when man will no longer give birth to any star. Alas! There cometh the time of the most despicable man, who can no longer despise himself.

But not to perish from internal distress and doubt when one inflicts great suffering and hears the cry of suffering : that is great, that belongs to greatness.

Fathers have a lot to do to make up for having sons.