True realism consists in revealing the surprising things which habit keeps covered and prevents us from seeing.

There are too many souls of wood not to love those wooden characters who do indeed have a soul.

The prettiest dresses are worn to be taken off.

I succeeded in bewitching a fair number and in being intoxicated with my mistakes.

Do not take up cause against the inaccuracies printed about you. They are your protection.

Style is a simple way of saying complicated things.

Silence moves faster when it's going backward.