Between the daylight gambler and the player at night there is the same difference that lies between a careless husband and the lover swooning under his lady's window.

Imagination helps the realism of every detail, and only sees the beauties of the work.

Great love affairs start with Champagne and end with tisane.

A courage which looks easy & yet is rare; the courage of a teacher repeating day after day the same lessons - the least rewarded of all forms of courage.

While seeking out the dead, I see nothing but the living.

The man who enters his wife's dressing room is either a philosopher or a fool.

Marriage must fight constantly against a monster which devours everything: routine.