Few men are raised in our estimation by being too closely examined.

Stupidity assumes two forms, it speaks or is silent. Mute stupidity is bearable.

Man judges of nature in relation to itself; the angelic spirit judges of it in relation to heaven. In short, to the spirits everything speaks.

Everybody all over the world takes a wife's estimate into account in forming an opinion of a man.

Small natures require despotism to exercise their sinews, as great souls thirst for equality to give play to their heart.

As soon as coffee is in your stomach, there is a general commotion. Ideas begin to move…similes arise, the paper is covered. Coffee is your ally and writing ceases to be a struggle.

Several sorts of memory exist in us; body and mind each possesses one peculiar to itself. Nostalgia, for instance, is a malady of the physical memory.