Marriage simplifies life and complicates the day.

The nobility of a human being is strictly independent of that of his convictions.

It is sometimes important for science to know how to forget the things she is surest of.

The books one has written in the past have two surprises in store: one couldn't write them again, and wouldn't want to.

Literature: proclaiming in front of everyone what one is careful to conceal from one's immediate circle

We bestow on others praise in which we do not believe, on condition that in return they bestow upon us praise in which we do.

The ideal, without doubt, varies, but its enemies, alas, are always the same.