Expensive clothes with inappropriate or inexpensive shoes may send an unflattering message.

I would advocate that chocolate be covered by health insurance, but that is admittedly a very French public policy perspective.

Make treating yourself a priority and always remember your life is happening now. Don't put off all your dreams and pleasures to another day. In any balanced personal definition of success there has to be a powerful element of living life in the present.

I cannot live without flowers everywhere. I grew up having a big garden, the size of a city block, in Rombas.

I can never leave a bookstore without buying a book. I read four or five at a time.

French women love bread and would never consider a life without carbs.

Taking care of your mental and physical health is just as important as any career move or responsibility.