After moral poisoning, one requires physical remedies and a bottle of champagne.

The first virtue of a young man today - that is, for the next fifty years perhaps, as long as we live in fear, and religion has regained its powers - is to be incapable of enthusiasm and not to have much in the way of brains.

Chélan had acted as imprudently for Julien as he had for himself. He had given him the habit of reasoning correctly, and of not being put off by empty words, but he had neglected to tell him that this habit was a crime in the person of no importance, since every piece of logical reasoning is offensive.

But, if I sample this pleasure so prudently and circumspectly, it will no longer be a pleasure.

The English are, I think the most obtuse and barbarous people in the world

True love makes the thought of death frequent, easy, without terrors; it merely becomes the standard of comparison, the price one would pay for many things.

I am mad, I am going under, I must follow the advice of a friend, and pay no heed to myself.