I am basically a complainer and all the grounds for complaint have been swept out from under me.

No one has really ever defined what a friend is.

I believe it was Gayelord Hauser, the nutritionist, who said, 'You are what you eat,' but if you happen to be an intellectual, you are what you quote.

Always seek the general and never quite trust it.

We use books like mirrors, gazing into them only to discover ourselves.

I am not merely a habitual quoter but an incorrigible one. I am, I may as well face it, more quotatious than an old stock-market ticker-tape machine, except that you can't unplug me.

By the way, the secret of speaking French is confidence. Whether you are right or wrong, you don't hesitate.