They tried to be too clever---and that was their undoing.

There are many things that are unbelievable. Especially before breakfast, is it not? That is what one of your classics says. Six impossible things before breakfast.

Of course I despise money when I haven't got any. It's the only dignified thing to do.

I did not deceive you, mon ami. At most, I permitted you to deceive yourself.

... nothing is so boring as devotion.

You regard it as impossible that a sinner should be struck down by the wrath of God! I do not!

An archaeologist is the best husband a woman can have. The older she gets the more interested he is in her.