One can acquire everything in solitude except character.

“Monfleury est en vente, je perds cinquante mille francs, s'il le faut, mais je …”

“Mathilde made an effort to use the more intimate form; she was evidently more a…”

“Each man for himself in that desert of egoism which is called life.”

“To write a book is to risk being shot at in public.”