Those whose conduct gives room for talk are always the first to attack their neighbors.

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.

Human weakness is to desire to know what one does not want to know.

I recover my property wherever I find it.

Outside of Paris, there is no hope for the cultured.

Without dance, a man can do nothing.

One ought to look a good deal at oneself before thinking of condemning others.