Mind what you do; if you deceive me once I shall never believe you again. - Denis Diderot

Gaiety — a quality of ordinary men. Genius always presupposes some disorder in the machine.

Nous aimons, sans nous en douter, tout ce qui nous livre à nos penchants, nous séduit et excuse notre faiblesse.

I give my mind the liberty to follow the first wise or foolish idea that presents itself, just as in the avenue de Foy our dissolute youths follow close on the heels of some strumpet, then leave her to pursue another, attacking all of them and attaching themselves to none. My thoughts are my strumpets.