If you would civilize a man, begin with his grandmother.
The repose of darkness is deeper on the water than on the land.
You are adorable, mademoiselle. I study your feet with the microscope and your soul with the telescope.
The realities of life do not allow themselves to be forgotten.
He who contemplates the depths of Paris is seized with vertigo. Nothing is more fantastic. Nothing is more tragic. Nothing is more sublime.
Reaction - a boat which is going against the current but which does not prevent the river from flowing on.