Whenever I have talked to anyone at too great length, I am like a man who has drunk too much, and ashamed, doesn't know where to put himself.

We must be greater than God, for we have to undo His injustice.

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.

On earth there is no heaven, but there are pieces of it.

Laziness is nothing more than the habit of resting before you get tired.

Socialism must come down from the brain and reach the heart.

In morals, always do as others do; in art, never.