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

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

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

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

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

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

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

"Poets don’t draw. They unravel their handwriting and then tie it up again, but differently."

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

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