Isn't it really quite extraordinary to see that, since man took his first step, no one has asked himself why he walks, how he walks, if he has ever walked, if he could walk better, what he achieves in walking .. questions that are tied to all the philosophical, psychological, and political systems which preoccupy the world.

The great secret of social alchemy is to profit best from each stage in our lives, to gather all its leaves in spring, all its flowers in summer, and all its fruits in autumn.

Any man, however blase or depraved, finds his love kindled anew when he sees himself threatened by a rival.

Bureaucracy is a giant mechanism operated by pygmies.

Modesty is the conscience of the body.

Neither the passions not justice nor politics nor the great social forces ever consider the victims they strike.

A woman's greatest charm consists in a constant appeal to a man's generosity by a gracious declaration of helplessness which fills him with pride and awakens the most magnificent feelings in his heart.