Life is what our character makes it. We fashion it, as a snail does its shell. A man can say: I never made a fortune because it is not in my character to be rich.
Jules RenardWhen the defects of others are perceived with so much clarity, it is because one possesses them oneself.
Jules RenardThere is nothing like literature: I lose a cow, I write about her death, and my writing pays me enough to buy another cow.
Jules Renard