He hasn't an enemy in the world, and none of his friend like him.

A glass of absinthe is as poetical as anything in the world. What difference is there between a glass of absinthe and a sunset?

Cleverness becomes a public nuisance.

When we are happy, we are always good, but when we are good, we are not always happy.

Education is an admirable thing, but it is well to remember from time to time that nothing that is worth knowing can be taught.

You must have a cigarette. A cigarette is the perfect type of a perfect pleasure. It is exquisite, and it leaves one unsatisfied. What more can one want?

I wonder who it was defined man as a rational animal. It was the most premature definition ever given. Man is many things, but he is not rational.