Someone has said that to plagiarise from the ancients is to play the pirate beyond the Equator, but that to steal from the moderns is to pick pockets at street corners.

Some things are easier to legalize than to legitimate.

In a country where everyone strives for attention, it is better to be bankrupt than to be nothing.

The best philosophical attitude to adopt towards the world is a union of the sarcasm of gaiety with the indulgence of contempt.

Conscience is a dog that does not stop us from passing but that we cannot prevent from barking.

We need to be just before we are generous, as we need shirts before ruffles.

Love is the exchange of two fantasies and the contact of two skins.