I believe that if one always looked at the skies, one would... - Gustave Flaubert

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

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

"When you reduce a woman to writing, she makes you think of a thousand other women"

"We must laugh and cry, enjoy and suffer, in a word, vibrate to our full capacity … I think that’s what being really human means."

"To be stupid, selfish, and have good health are three requirements for happiness, though if stupidity is lacking, all is lost."