As for an authentic villain, the real thing, the absolute, the artist, one rarely meets him even once in a lifetime. The ordinary bad hat is always in part a decent fellow.

You must not pity me because my sixtieth year finds me still astonished. To be astonished is one of the surest ways of not growing old too quickly.

We only do well the things we like doing.

So now, whenever I despair, I no longer expect my end, but some bit of luck, some commonplace little miracle which, like a glittering link, will mend again the necklace of my days.

The faults of husbands are often caused by the excess virtues of their wives.

If he's getting married, he's not longer interesting.

You don't think before you do something foolish. You do your thinking afterwards.