Mediocrity can talk, but it is for genius to observe.
The praise of a fool is incense to the wisest of us . . .
All Paradise opens! Let me die eating ortolans to the sound of soft music!
Mr Speaker, I withdraw my statement that half the cabinet are asses - half the cabinet are not asses.
Is man an ape or an angel? Now I am on the side of the angels.
Every man has a right to be conceited until he is successful.