Happiness is a monstrosity! Punished are those who seek it.

He had the vanity to believe men did not like him – while men simply did not know him.

There comes a point at which you stop writing and think all the more

Judge the goodness of a book by the energy of the punches it has given you. I believe the greatest characteristic of genius, is, above all, force.

She was the amoureuse of all the novels, the heroine of all the plays, the vague “she” of all the poetry books.

But an infinity of passions can be contained in a minute, like a crowd in a tiny space.

To be simple is no small matter.