Art does not tolerate reason.

But do you know why we are always more just and generous toward the dead? The reason is simple. With them there is no obligation. They leave us free and we can take our time, fit the testimonial between a cocktail party and a nice little mistress, in our spare time, in short.

A symbol always transcends the one who makes use of it and makes him say in reality more than he is aware of expressing.

My dear friend, we mustn't give them even the slightest excuse to judge us! Otherwise, we end up in pieces.

Happiness is not everything and men have their duties. Mine is to find my mother, a homeland

Too many have dispensed with generosity in order to practice charity.

To be famous, in fact, one has only to kill one's landlady.