Art moves. Hence its civilizing power.
The most excellent symbol of the people is the paving stone. One walks on it until it falls on one's head.
God has bestowed two gifts on man: hope and ignorance. Ignorance is the better of the two.
To err is human. To loaf is Parisian.
The sadness which reigned everywhere was but an excuse for unfailing kindness.
Men like me are impossible until the day when they become necessary.