The business of life is to enjoy oneself; everything else is a mockery.

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

A man can believe a considerable deal of rubbish, and yet go about his daily work in a rational and cheerful manner.

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.

You can construct the character of a man and his age not only from what he does and says, but from what he fails to say and do.

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

There is so much goodness in real life- do let us keep it out of our books.