Far less envy in America than in France.
It is difficult to escape from the prevailing disease of one's generation.
Because one has little fear of shocking vanity in Italy, people adopt an intimate tone very quickly and discuss personal things.
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.
Love has always been the most important business in my life; I should say the only one.
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.