It is the lives we encounter that make life worth living.

Conversation. What is it? A Mystery! It's the art of never seeming bored, of touching everything with interest, of pleasing with trifles, of being fascinating with nothing at all.

I said, 'If other beings besides us exist on Earth, why didn't we meet them a long time ago?

We live always under the weight of the old and odious customs... of our barbarous ancestors.

The simplest of women are wonderful liars who can extricate themselves from the most difficult dilemmas with a skill bordering on genius.

A lawful kiss is never worth as much as a stolen one.

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