Henri IV's feet and armpits enjoyed an international reputation.

In spiritual matters, knowledge is dependent upon being; as we are, so we know.

These are the sort of things people ought to look at. Things without pretensions, satisfied to be merely themselves.

Too much consistency is as bad for the mind as for the body.

The course of every intellectual, if he pursues his journey long and unflinchingly enough, ends in the obvious, from which the non-intellectuals have never stirred.

Finding bad reasons for what one believes for other bad reasons - that's philosophy.

Civilization means food and literature all round. Beefsteaks and fiction magazines for all. First-class proteins for the body, fourth-class love-stories for the spirit.