Style means the right word. The rest matters little.
There are no friends; only moments of friendship.
At the bottom of all patriotism there is war: that is why I am no patriot.
The profession of letters is, after all, the only one in which one can make no money without being ridiculous.
We don't understand life any better at forty than at twenty, but we know it and admit it
Writing is the best way to talk without being interrupted.