An affair wants to spill, to share its glory with the world. No act is so private it does not seek applause.

Every marriage tends to consist of an aristocrat and a peasant. Of a teacher and a learner.

It is not difficult to deceive the first time, for the deceived possesses no antibodies; unvaccinated by suspicion, she overlooks latenesses, accepts absurd ex…

I must go to Nature disarmed of perspective and stretch myself like a large transparent canvas upon her in the hope that, my submission being perfect, the impr…