Weeds are omnipresent; errors are to be found in the heart of the most lovable.

I'm not full of virtues and noble qualities. I love, but I love strongly, exclusive, stedfasty.

A day will come when everything in my life will be changed, when I shall do good to others, when some one will love me, when I shall give my whole heart to the man whi gives ne his; neanwhile, U will suffer in silence and keep my love as a reward for him who shall set me free.

The lessons of experience are always learned too late.

One wastes so much time, one is so prodigal of life, at twenty! Our days of winter count for double. That is the compensation of the old.

Believe in no other God than the one who insists on justice and equality among men.

I love everything that makes up a milieu, the rolling of the carriages and the noise of the workmen in Paris, the cries of a thousand birds in the country, the movement of the ships on the waters. I love also absolute, profound silence, and, in short, I love everything that is around me, no matter where I am.