The true masters of the art of living are already happy.

Men create real miracles when they use their God-given courage and intelligence.

Propaganda is a soft weapon; hold it in your hands too long, and it will move about like a snake, and strike the other way.

Everything ends this way in France — everything. Weddings, christenings, duels, burials, swindlings, diplomatic affairs — everything is a pretext for a good dinner.

To say yes, you have to sweat and roll up your sleeves and plunge both hands into life up to the elbows. It is easy to say no, even if saying no means death.

I like reality. It tastes like bread.

All prisons are brimming over with innocence. It is those who cram their fellows into them, in the name of empty ideas, who are the only guilty ones.