A rocket is a reed that thinks brilliantly.

All true tradition usually appears revolutionary.

I fear only that which I love, says man, according to Montaigne. Woman replies: I love only that which I fear.

To be thirsty and to drink water is the perfection of sensuality rarely achieved. Sometimes you drink water; other times you are thirsty.

When I listen to the engine of my car, I might say it sounds fine, but it would not occur to me to say "What lovely music!

Skepticism is provisional, even if it lasts a lifetime.

Life is a dangerous adventure, says the American, and he is half right: life is dangerous, but it's not an adventure.