No one makes a revolution by himself.

To forgive a fault in another is more sublime than to be faultless one's self.

The cigar is the perfect complement to an elegant lifestyle.

One never knows how much a family may grow; and when a hive is too full, and it is necessary to form a new swarm, each one thinks of carrying away his own honey.

Fame and admiration weigh not a feather in the scale against friendship and love, for the heart languishes all the same.

Writing a journal means that facing your ocean you are afraid to swim across it, so you attempt to drink it drop by drop.

Simplicity is the most difficult thing to secure in this world; it is the last limit of experience and the last effort of genius.