The heroes of obtrusiveness, people with whom no soldier would lie down in the trenches, though he has to submit to being interviewed by them, break into recently abandoned royal castles so that they can report, "We got there first!" It would be far less shameful to be paid for committing atrocities than for fabricating them.

Many desire to kill me, and many wish to spend an hour chatting with me. The law protects me from the former.

Solitude would be ideal if you could pick the people to avoid.

Psychoanalysis: a rabbit that was swallowed by a boa constrictor just wanted to see what it was like in there.

A child learns to discard his ideals, whereas a grown-up never wears out his short pants.

Ingratitude is often disproportionate to the benefaction received.

Nowadays the thief cannot be distinguished from his victim. Neither has any valuable objects on him.