Every true man, sir, who is a little above the level of the beasts and plants does not live for the sake of living, without knowing how to live; but he lives so as to give a meaning and a value of his own to life.

I would love to spend all my time writing to you; I'd love to share with you all that goes through my mind, all that weighs on my heart, all that gives air to my soul; phantoms of art, dreams that would be so beautiful if they could come true.

It is misery, you know, unspeakable misery for the man who lives alone and who detests sordid, casual affairs; not old enough to do without women, but not young enough to be able to go and look for one without shame!

In bed my real love has always been the sleep that rescued me by allowing me to dream.

When [man] is happy he takes his happiness as it comes and doesn't analyze it, just as if happiness were his right.

Personally, I don't give a rap for documents; for the truth in my eyes is not in them but in the mind.

Anyone can be heroic from time to time, but a gentleman is something you have to be all the time.