How weak our mind is; how quickly it is terrified and unbalanced as soon as we are confronted with a small, incomprehensible fact. Instead of dismissing the problem with: "We do not understand because we cannot find the cause," we immediately imagine terrible mysteries and supernatural powers.

The essence of life is the smile of round female bottoms, under the shadow of cosmic boredom.

The English have only three sauces - a white one, a brown one and a yellow one, and none of them have any flavor whatever.

Of all the passions, the only one that seems respectable to me is the passion for food

To lie about a far country is easy

Travel, like dreams, is a door that opens from the real world into a world that is yet to be discovered

You've never lived until you've almost died. For those who have fought for it, life has a flavor the protected shall never know.