I prefer women with a past. They're always so damned amusing to talk to.

If a man needs an elaborate tombstone in order to remain in the memory of his country, it is clear that his living at all was an act of absolute superfluity.

To give and not expect return, that is what lies at the heart of love.

There are only two kinds of women, the plain and the coloured.

There are three kinds of despots. There is the despot who tyrannizes over the body. There is the despot who tyrannizes over the soul. There is the despot who tyrannizes over the soul and body alike. The first is called the Prince. The second is called the Pope. The third is called the People.

Disobedience is man's original virtue.

They get up early, because they have so much to do, and go to bed early, because they have so little to think about.