I am not at all cynical, I have merely got experience, which, however, is very much the same thing.
Life is one fool thing after another whereas love is two fool things after each other.
It is a much cleverer thing to talk nonsense than to listen to it.
One should never make one's entrance with a scandal. One should reserve that to give an interest to one's old age.
I put all my genius into my life; I put only my talent into my works.
Whenever a man does a thoroughly stupid thing, it is always from the noblest motives.