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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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