I would rather make my name than inherit it.

People who do not know how to laugh are always pompous and self-conceited.

An evil person is like a dirty window, they never let the light shine through.

One tires of a page of which every sentence sparkles with points, of a sentimentalist who is always pumping the tears from his eyes or your own.

Not only is the world informed of everything about you, but of a great deal more.

Presently, we were aware of an odour gradually coming towards us, something musky, fiery, savoury, mysterious, - a hot drowsy smell, that lulls the senses, and yet enflames them, - the truffles were coming.

It is best to love wisely, no doubt; but to love foolishly is better than not to be able to love at all.