Let us love dogs; let us love only dogs! Men and cats are unworthy creatures.

To say that my grief will be eternal would be ridiculous - nothing is eternal.

When one misses an opportunity one is apt to fancy that another will never present itself.

To a woman who knows her own mind men can only be a minor consideration.

When I die my death will be caused by indignation at the stupidity of human nature.

Art consists precisely in making us admire old stories, charming us with them eternally, as Nature charms with her eternal sun, her ancient earth, and her men built all on the same pattern, and all animated by the same feelings.

Life, that is Paris! Paris, that is life!