Doing nothing is happiness for children and misery for old men.

The animal is ignorant of the fact that he knows. The man is aware of the fact that he is ignorant.

The aim of art is almost divine: to bring to life again if it is writing history, to create if it is writing poetry.

Life is a theatre set in which there are but few practicable entrances.

Excitement is not enjoyment: in calmness lies true pleasure. The most precious wines are sipped, not bolted at a swallow.

A criminal remains a criminal whether he uses a convict's suit or a monarch's crown.

The day that a woman who is passing before you sheds a light upon you as she goes, you are lost, you love. You have then but one thing to do: to think of her so earnestly that she will be compelled to think of you.