Smokers, male and female, inject and excuse idleness in their lives every time they light a cigarette.

I've entered the world of wine without any professional training, but a definite appetite for good bottles.

It is wise to apply the oil of refined politeness to the mechanisms of friendship.

Look for a long time at what pleases you, and a longer time at what pains you.

Total absence of humor renders life impossible.

There are days when solitude, for someone my age, is a heady wine that intoxicates you with freedom, others when it is a bitter tonic, and still others when it is a poison that makes you beat your head against the wall.

It is not a bad thing that children should occasionally, and politely, put parents in their place.