I have no religion,’ says Borneau, ‘but I respect the religion of others. Religion is sacred.’ Why this privilege, this immunity?... A believer creates God in his own image; if he is ugly, his God will be morally ugly. Why should moral ugliness be respectable?

When the defects of others are perceived with so much clarity, it is because one possesses them oneself.

The horse is the only animal into which one can bang nails.

The only man who is really free is the one who can turn down an invitation to dinner without giving an excuse.

Whenever I have talked to anyone at too great length, I am like a man who has drunk too much, and ashamed, doesn't know where to put himself.

If money does not make you happy, give it back

I am afraid I shall not find him, but I shall still look for him, for if he exists, he may be appreciative of my efforts.