marriage was a calamity, but it was not an occupation.

One should make one's life a mosaic. Let the general design be good, the colors lively, and the materials diversified.

there are no nationalities in heaven.

that sunlight of the dead which is called literature.

Words express only the feelings we know already.

Children never grow tired; their likes and dislikes are constant; let them laugh at something once and they laugh always; do what you will, they are sure to say, 'Do it again!

... love always betrays its intentions.

those two wholesome defects of the French people, malice and curiosity, both of which are essential to its greatness.

The birth of love is always accompanied by the idea of solitude. A single being appears, and the rest of the world grows empty.

history ... a sort of immortality turned upside down. Her life stretched backwards through ten centuries.

The affairs of the royal house form a subject of conversation for those who, as a rule, would have no conversation.

What you think about yourself is much more important than what others think of you.

It's wrong for a guy to have no personality, no heart. Because I don't care about style or money.

He sounds like someone who might best be loved from a distance.

It's the nature of the beast within us to keep going back to the familiar rather than to strap on faith and face the future.

I don’t. I don’t want anybody else to touch you. I’m silly. I get furious if they touch you.

Obviously people want social calm, but if you do not let clever and ingenious people to participate, obviously there must be some dormant volcano that will erupt, sooner or later.

I'll say that I don't think you can throw a stone and not come in contact with someone who knows someone or has problems with substance abuse.

Quit worrying about your health. It'll go away.

Someday is someday, and maybe it will be or maybe it won't. This is a human thing, to worry about things that may or may not come to be. You can't eat meat until you've killed it.