When a man leaves his mistress, he runs the risk of being betrayed two or three times daily.
Logic is neither an art nor a science but a dodge.
This is the curse of our age, even the strangest aberrations are no cure for boredom.
I think being condemned to death is the only real distinction," said Mathilde. "It is the only thing which cannot be bought.
Spring appears and we are once more children.
Why not make an end of it all?... My life is a succession of griefs and bitter feelings.... What is death?... A very small matter,when all is said; only a fool would be concerned about it.