There is no fate more distressing for an artist than to have to show himself off before fools, to see his work exposed to the criticism of the vulgar and ignorant.
The absence of the beloved, short though it may last, always lasts too long.
Perfect good sense shuns all extremity, content to couple wisdom with sobriety.
One is easily fooled by that which one loves.
Ah! how annoying that the law doesn't allow a woman to change husbands just as one does shirts.
Love is a great master. It teaches us to be what we never were.