A library implies an act of faith.

If you would civilize a man, begin with his grandmother.

Do you know what friendship is... it is to be brother and sister; two souls which touch without mingling, two fingers on one hand.

The drama is complete poetry. The ode and the epic contain it only in germ; it contains both of them in a state of high development, and epitomizes both.

Tobacco is the plant that converts thoughts into dreams.

Son, brother, father, lover, friend. There is room in the heart for all the affections, as there is room in heaven for all the stars.

You are adorable, mademoiselle. I study your feet with the microscope and your soul with the telescope.