Lovers should also have their days off.

I judge people's charm by the ease with which I express myself in their presence.

What makes bad writers so annoying is their good passages.

Our prejudices, our antipathies, are our natural defenses against what we could not assimilate.

To think about and prepare for war is boring, boring for everyone. It's being locked in barracks.

... anything difficult to say must be shouted from the rooftops.

Most virtue is a demand for greater seduction.