Time: all things consume it, love alone makes use of it.

Open your eyes! The world is still intact; it is as pristine as it was on the first day, as fresh as milk!

It is fortunate that diplomats have long noses since they usually cannot see beyond them.

Truth has nothing to do with the number of people it convinces.

The priest has just baptized you a Christian with water; and I baptize you a Frenchman, daring child, with a dewdrop of champagne on your lips.

Speak about Christ only when you are asked. But live so that people ask about Christ!

When man tries to imagine Paradise on earth, the immediate result is a very respectable Hell.