An optimist is a driver who thinks that empty space at the curb won't have a hydrant beside it.
I have a remarkable memory; I forget everything. It is wonderfully convenient. It is as though the world were constantly renewing itself for me.
Some people are so boring that they make you waste an entire day in five minutes.
Clarity is the politeness of the man of letters.
On earth there is no heaven, but there are pieces of it.
The reward of great men is that, long after they have died, one is not quite sure that they are dead