Power is action; the electoral principle is discussion. No political action is possible when discussion is permanently established.

Men die in despair, while spirits die in ecstasy.

I do not regard a broker as a member of the human race.

Man can start with aversion and end with love, but if he begins with love and comes round to aversion he will never get back to love.

Nobody loves a woman because she is handsome or ugly, stupid or intelligent. We love because we love.

In France we can cauterize wounds but we do not yet know any remedy for the injuries inflicted by a bon mot.

Life is simply what out feelings do to us.