The difference breeds hatred.

But time, it is like charm. You never have as much as you think.

An unfulfilled vocation drains the color from a man's entire existence.The English are, I think the most obtuse and barbarous people in the world

A wise woman never yields by appointment. It should always be an unforeseen happiness.

There are as many styles of beauty as there are visions of happiness.

Prudery is a kind of avarice, the worst of all.

Spring appears and we are once more children.

Faith, I am no such fool; everyone for himself in this desert of selfishness which is called life.

The man of genius is he and he alone who finds such joy in his art that he will work at it come hell or high water.

The pleasures of love are always in proportion to our fears.

Every true passion thinks only of itself.

What is really beautiful must always be true.

Love has always been the most important business in my life; I should say the only one.

A good book is an event in my life.

Any man who talks about his love affairs thereby proves he is ignorant of love and is moved only by vanity.

If you don't love me, it does not matter, anyway I can love for both of us.

Logic is neither an art nor a science but a dodge.

I see but one rule: to be clear.

A very small degree of hope is sufficient to cause the birth of love.