What is really beautiful must always be true.
To seem sorrowful is not in good taste: You're supposed to seem bored.
A good book is an event in my life.
The tyranny of public opinion (and what an opinion!) is as fatuous in the small towns of France as it is in the United States of America.
All religions are founded on the fear of the many and the cleverness of the few.
To be loved at first sight, a man should have at the same time something to respect and something to pity in his face.