Print: to see one's name in print! - Some people commit a crime for no other reason

She (Madame Bovary) had that indefinable beauty that comes from happiness, enthusiasm, success - a beauty that is nothing more or less than a harmony of temperament and circumstances

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

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

You must write for yourself, above all. That is your only hope of creating something beautiful.

I have come to have the firm conviction that vanity is the basis of everything, and finally that what one calls conscience is only inner vanity.