It may cost me twenty thousand francs; but for twenty thousand francs, I will have the right to rail against the iniquity of humanity, and to devote to it my eternal hatred.

Although I am a pious man, I am not the less a man.

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.

At least it's better to be married than to be dead.

Sharing with Jupiter is never a dishonor.

Great is the fortune of he who possesses a good bottle, a good book, and a good friend.

It's an odd job, making decent people laugh.