He is dead in this world who has no belief in another.

We're really up against it, we poor women: A bachelor's a hard thing to convert

True works of art are a manifestation of the higher laws of nature.

Master and Doctor are my titles; for ten years now, without repose, I held my erudite recitals and led my pupils by the nose.

Night is the other half of life, and the better half.

He who only tastes his error will long dwell with it, will take delight in it as in a singular felicity; while he who drains it to the dregs will, if he be not crazy, find it to be what it is.

Everything is simpler than you think and at the same time more complex than you imagine