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

Gentlemen, in the little moment that remains to us between the crisis and the catastrophe, we may as well drink a glass of Champagne.

How amazing it is to be alive Anyone who lives and breathes and puts both feet on the ground, What possible reason could he have for envying the gods

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.

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

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

Intelligence is nothing without delight.