The severity of penalties is only a vain resource, invented by little minds in order to substitute terror for that respect which they have no means of obtaining.

The landscapist lives in silence.

The happiest is he who suffers the least pain; the most miserable, he who enjoys the least pleasure.

We are the two great painters of this era; you are in the Egyptian style, I in themodern style. (to Pablo Picasso)

Hatred as well as love, renders its votaries credulous.

Cities are the sinks of the human race.

I cannot now change my style, which I acquired, as you can imagine, by dint of labour.