I love good sense above all, perhaps because I have none. — Gustave Flaubert

How shall I lose the sin, yet keep the sense, and love the offender, yet detest the offence? — Alexander Pope
When a man must force himself to be faithful in his love, this is hardly better than unfaithfulness. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld
Men often pass from love to ambition, but they seldom come back again from ambition to love. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld
The author, in his work, must be like God in the Universe, present everywhere and visible nowhere. — Gustave Flaubert
One mustn't ask apple trees for oranges, France for sun, women for love, life for happiness. — Gustave Flaubert
Style is as much under the words as in the words. It is as much the soul as it is the flesh of a work. — Gustave Flaubert