A man who is stingy with saffron is capable of seducing his own grandmother.

There is a kinship, a kind of freemasonry, between all persons of intelligence, however antagonistic their moral outlook.

Education is a state-controlled manufactory of echoes.

The true cook is the perfect blend, the only perfect blend, of artist and philosopher. He knows his worth: he holds in his palm the happiness of mankind, the welfare of generations yet unborn.

Never take a solemn oath. People think you mean it.

He talks about the Scylla of Atheism and the Charybdis of Christianity - a state of mind which, by the way, is not conducive to bold navigation.

Bouillabaisse is only good because cooked by the French, who, if they cared to try, could produce an excellent and nutritious substitute out of cigar stumps and empty matchboxes.