In a discussion, the difficulty lies, not in being able to defend your opinion, but to know it.

An old man, having retired from active life, regains the gaity and irresponsibility of childhood. He is ready to play, he cannot run with his son, but he can totter with his grandson. Our first and last steps have the same rhythm.

Advice is always a confession.

Above all things, never be afraid. The enemy who forces you to retreat is himself afraid of you at that very moment.

We don't love a woman for what she says, we like what she says because we love her.

Style is the hallmark of a temperament stamped upon the material at hand.

Few are they who have never had a chance to achieve happiness- and fewer those who have taken that chance.