Everything is false, everything is possible, everything is doubtful.

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 secret is not to betray your ignorance. Just maneuver, avoid the quicksands and obstacles, and the rest can be found in a dictionary.

I entered literary life as a meteor, and I shall leave it like a thunderbolt.

You'll find that my coquetry is quite impartial, which allows me to keep my friends.

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

Ale, not beer, in a pewter mug was comme il faut, the only thing for a gentleman of letters, worthy of the name, to drink.