People happy in love have an air of intensity.
I see but one rule: to be clear. If I am not clear, all my world crumbles to nothing.
Life is very short, and it ought not to be spent crawling at the feet of miserable scoundrels.
If you want to be witty, work on your character and say what you think on every occasion.
Politics in a literary work, is like a gun shot in the middle of a concert, something vulgar, and however, something which is impossible to ignore.
Far less envy in America than in France.