Cruelty and fear shake hands together.

Our energies are often stimulated by the necessity of supporting a being weaker than ourselves.

Show me the woman, however loyal, who does not seek to rouse desire.

We flew back home like swallows. 'Is it happiness that makes us so light?' Agathe asked.

The majority of husbands remind me of an orangutan trying to play the violin.

In painting, you can suddenly come upon something so huge that no-one can deal with it.

Ideas devour the ages as men are devoured by their passions. When man is cured, human nature will cure itself perhaps.