Women, as some witty Frenchman once put it, inspire us with the desire to do masterpieces and always prevent us from carrying them out.

The secret of life is in art.

To define is to limit.

I never take any notice to what common people say, and I never interfere with what charming people do.

Laughter is not at all a bad beginning for a friendship, and it is far the best ending for one.

Judges, like the criminal classes, have their lighter moments

At every single moment of one's life one is what one is going to be no less than what one has been.