Men become accustomed to poison by degrees.

The earlier works of a man of genius are always preferred to the newer ones, in order to prove that he is going down instead of up.

Man does not understand nor accept immortality except on condition of self-remembrance.

A library implies an act of faith which generations, still in darkness hid, sign in their night in witness of the dawn.

Jean Prouvaire was timid only in repose. Once excited, he burst forth, a sort of mirth accentuated his enthusiasm, and he was at once both laughing and lyric.

If she gives me all her time it is because I have all her heart.

Curiosity is gluttony. To see is to devour.