No man should have a secret from his wife. She invariably finds it out.

Art is not to be taught in Academies. It is what one looks at, not what one listens to, that makes the artist. The real schools should be the streets.

To make a good salad is to be a brilliant diplomatist - the problem is entirely the same in both cases. To know exactly how much oil one must put with one's vinegar.

A man whose desire is to be something separate from himself, to be a member of Parliament, or a successful grocer, or a prominent solicitor, or a judge, or something equally tedious, invariably succeeds in being what he wants to be. That is his punishment. Those who want a mask have to wear it.

Love is not fashionable anymore; the poets have killed it.

The State is to make what is useful. The individual is to make what is beautiful.

You will always be fond of me. I represent to you all the sins you have never had the courage to commit.