He never went out without a book under his arm, and he often came back with two.

To think of shadows is a serious thing.

Everything Changes. The only thing that remains immovable across the centuries and fixes the character of a people is cooking.

Virtue has a veil, vice a mask.

To breathe Paris is to preserve one's soul.

It is often necessary to know how to obey a woman in order sometimes to have the right to command her.

It is the essence of truth that it is never excessive. Why should it exaggerate? There is that which should be destroyed and that which should be simply illuminated and studied. How great is the force of benevolent and searching examination! We must not resort to the flame where only light is required.