Edmond Rostand

“A kiss, when all is said, what is it? A rosy dot placed on the 'i' in loving; 'tis a secret told to the mouth instead of to the ear.”

“To sing, to laugh, to dream, To walk in my own way and be alone, free, with an eye to see things as they are.”

“My panache.”

“It is at night that it is beautiful to believe in the light.”

“To love is to give everything, to sacrifice everything, without hope of return.”

“Oh, I have done better since.”

“A great nose may be an index of a great soul.”

“My heart always timidly hides itself behind my mind. I set out to bring down stars from the sky, then, for fear of ridicule, I stop and pick little flowers of eloquence.”

“I carry my adornments on my soul.”

“My life's a banquet, and I'm starving at the feast.”

“I may not have been sure about what really did interest me, but I was absolutely sure about what didn't.”

“A man is not old as long as he is seeking something.”

“I have a different idea of elegance... my moral grooming is impeccable. I never appear in public with a soiled conscience, a tarnished honor, threadbare scruples...”

“A poet is a man who puts up a ladder to a star and climbs it while playing a violin.”

“And as I end the refrain, I draw my sword.”

“I am going to be a storm—a flame— I need to fight a hundred men— I am alone!”

“I thought... that I should have the pleasure of being, for once, an object of dislike.”