The heart, like the stomach, wants a varied diet.

The future is the worst thing about the present.

A friend who dies, it's something of you who dies.

To be stupid, selfish, and have good health are three requirements for happiness, though if stupidity is lacking, all is lost.

The art of writing is the art of discovering what you believe.

Language is a cracked kettle on which we beat out tunes for bears to dance to, while all the time we long to move the stars to pity.

One mustn't ask apple trees for oranges, France for sun, women for love, life for happiness.

Love is a springtime plant that perfumes everything with its hope, even the ruins to which it clings.

Art requires neither complaisance nor politeness; nothing but faith, faith and freedom.

Oh, if I had been loved at the age of seventeen, what an idiot I would be today. Happiness is like smallpox: if you catch it too soon, it can completely ruin your constitution.

Be regular and orderly in your life, so that you may be violent and original in your work.

Be regular and orderly in your life, so that you may be violent and original in your work.

Happiness is a monstrosity! Punished are those who seek it.

You can calculate the worth of a man by the number of his enemies, and the importance of a work of art by the harm that is spoken of it.

Life must be a constant education; one must learn everything, from speaking to dying.

Artists who seek perfection in everything are those who cannot attain it in anything.

Read in order to live.