I entered literary life as a meteor, and I shall leave it like a thunderbolt.

It is better to be unhappy in love than unhappy in marriage, but some people manage to be both.

Ale, not beer, in a pewter mug was comme il faut, the only thing for a gentleman of letters, worthy of the name, to drink.

History, that excitable and unreliable old lady.

To lie about a far country is easy

The simplest of women are wonderful liars who can extricate themselves from the most difficult dilemmas with a skill bordering on genius.

The great artists are those who impose their personal vision upon humanity.