If A Young Writer Can Refrain From

A Caterpillar Who Seeks To Know Himself Would Never Become A Butterfly

It Is Unthinkable For A Frenchman To Arrive At Middle Age Without Having Syphilis And The Cross Of The Legion Of Honor.

It Would Be Wisest Not To Worry Too Much About The Sterile Periods. They Ventilate The Subject And Instill Into It The Reality Of Daily Life.

To What A Degree The Same Past Can Leave Different Marks - And Especially Admit Of Different Interpretations.

I Believe That In Every Circumstance I Have Been Able To See Rather Clearly The Most Advantageous Course I Could Follow, Which Is Very Rarely The One I Did Follow.