The most wasted day of all is that on which we have not laughed.

If it were not for the government, we should have nothing to laugh at in France.

Contemptuous people are sure to be contemptible.

There are two things that one must get used to or one will find life unendurable: the damages of time and injustices of men.

Celebrity is the advantage of being known to people who we don't know, and who don't know us.

Nearly all men are slaves for the same reason that the Spartans assigned for the servitude of the Persians -- lack of power to pronounce the syllable, "No." To be able to utter that word and live alone, are the only means to preserve one's freedom and one's character.

It is passion that makes man live; wisdom makes one only last.