"Wealth is an inborn attitude of mind, like poverty. The pauper who has made his pile may flaunt his spoils, but canno…"

"Depuis le jour de ma naissance, ma mort s'est mise en marche. Elle marche à ma rencontre, sans se presser."

"True realism consists in revealing the surprising things which habit keeps covered and prevents us from seeing."

"A prig always finds a last refuge in responsibility."

"What is history after all? History is facts which become lies in the end; legends are lies which become history in th…"

"Mystery has its own mysteries, and there are gods above gods. We have ours, they have theirs. That is what’s known as…"

"I am a lie who always speaks the truth."

"I have a piece of great and sad news to tell you: I am dead."

"The Louvre is like the morgue; one goes there to identify one’s friends."

"One of the characteristics of the dream is that nothing surprises us in it. With no regret, we agree to live in it wi…"