Nothing is as depressing as absolute logic. Look at the maze of French politics perpetrated by a logical people.

cruelty is the only thing that strikes me as completely unforgivable. The unpardonable sin.

The only love from which a man never recuperates is the one he never had. The eternal and untarnished illusion.

The strength of weak people constantly appalls me. Have you ever seen a vine kill an oak tree? Deadly.

a fair degree of literacy of speech ... is increasingly rare in politicians and not necessarily regarded as an asset.

gossip is just the small change of conversation.

People don't really change. Not fundamentally. When they surprise us, it is because we failed to recognize their potentialities.