Events are never absolute, their outcome depends entirely upon the individual. Misfortune is a stepping stone for a genius, a piscina for a Christian, a treasure for a man of parts, and an abyss for a weakling.

No woman dares to refuse love without a motive, for nothing is more natural than to yield to love.

Virtually all men of action incline to Fatality just as most thinkers incline to Providence.

Vocations which we wanted to pursue, but didn't, bleed, like colors, on the whole of our existence.

Like hunger, physical love is a necessity. But man's appetite for amour is never so regular or so sustained as his appetite for the delights of the table.

Imagination helps the realism of every detail, and only sees the beauties of the work.

Our happiness often depends upon social hypocrisies to which we will never stoop.