Nothing is more humiliating than to see idiots succeed in enterprises we have failed in.

One mustn't look at the abyss, because there is at the bottom an inexpressible charm which attracts us.

But some day sooner or later our passion would have cooled - inevitably - it's the way with everything human.

Be regular and orderly in your life, so that you may be violent and original in your work.

Noble characters and pure affections and happy scenes are very comforting things. They're a refuge from life's disillusionments.

You can't find the soul with a scalpel.

One must always hope when one is desperate, and doubt when one hopes.