The country is provincial; it becomes ridiculous when it tries to ape Paris.

Envy is the most stupid of vices, for there is no single advantage to be gained from it.

The more one judges, the less one loves.

Tradesmen regard an author with a mixed feeling of terror, compassion and curiosity.

It is as absurd to say that a man can't love one woman all the time as it is to say that a violinist needs several violins to play the same piece of music.

The future of a nation lies in the hands of mothers.

With monuments as with men, position means everything.