They who see only what they wish to see in those around them are very fortunate.

To a woman who knows her own mind men can only be a minor consideration.

I was born to be a remarkable woman; it matters little in what way or how. ... I shall be famous or I will die.

Let us love dogs; let us love only dogs! Men and cats are unworthy creatures.

Nothing is ever so good or so bad in reality as it is in the anticipation.

I am the most interesting book of all.

To live, to have so much ambition, to suffer, to cry, to fight and, at the end, forgetfulness ... as if I had never existed.

Art just consists in making us swallow the commonplaces by charming us eternally.

What am I? Nothing. What would I be? Everything.

When I die my death will be caused by indignation at the stupidity of human nature.

Life, that is Paris! Paris, that is life!

In order to attain extraordinary greatness, first you need to be drowned in the deepest fathoms of helplessness, misery and heartache.

There's a mess inside you: You clean the outside.

Ignorance of ourselves must be folly.

Give people enough guidance to make the decisions you want them to make. Don't tell them what to do, but encourage them to do what is best.

You know, a man's life is the most precious thing in the world, isn't it? So isn't it odd that a man will insure everything but his life?

Those that go searching for love only make manifest their own lovelessness, and the loveless never find love, only the loving find love, and they never have to seek for it.

In trouble waters I had to learn how to float

Do you know what the Negro is? Animal right out of the jungle. Passion. Welfare. Easy life. That's the Negro.

Jesus came to save us: let us not reject this marvelous gift!

There are two kinds of trouble: The kind you have and the kind you haven't. There are but few of the first sort, but of the second there is no end.