Modesty is the conscience of the body.
He who best knows the world will love it least.
Nothing is as heady as the wine of misfortune.
What is a child, monsieur, but the image of two beings, the fruit of two sentiments spontaneously blended?
There is no such thing as a great talent without great will power.
And he, like many jaded people, had few pleasures left in life save good food and drink.