“One can be the master of what one does, but never of what one feels.”

“One's duty is to feel what is great, cherish the beautiful, and to not accept the conventions of society with the ignominy that it imposes upon us.”

“It is always sad to leave a place to which one knows one will never return. Such are the melancolies du voyage: perhaps they are one of the most rewarding things about traveling.”

“Travel makes one modest. You see what a tiny place you occupy in the world.”

“When one does something, one must do it wholly and well. Those bastard existences where you sell suet all day and write poetry at night are made for mediocre minds – like those horses that are equally good for saddle and carriage, the worst kind, that can neither jump a ditch nor pull a plow.”

“Self-confidence depends on environment: one does not speak in the same tone in the drawing room than in the kitchen.”

“An infinity of passion can be contained in one minute, like a crowd in a small space.”