Writing is the only profession where no one considers you ridiculous if you earn no money.

Dreaming is to think by moonlight by the light of an inner moon.

Truth makes many appeals, not the least of which is its power to shock.

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.

Some people are so boring that they make you waste an entire day in five minutes.

The strong do not hesitate. They settle down, they sweat, they go on to the end. They exhaust the ink, they use up the paper.

There is a justice, but we do not always see it. Discreet, smiling, it is there, at one side, a little behind injustice, which makes a big noise.