For my part I cannot believe in a God who is angry with me because I do not believe in him. I cannot believe in a God who is less tolerant than I. I cannot believe in a God who has neither humour nor common sense.

Excess on occasion is exhilarating. It prevents moderation from acquiring the deadening effect of a habit.

It is good to be on your guard against an Englishman who speaks French perfectly; he is very likely to be a card-sharper or an attache in the diplomatic service.

There is only one thing about which I am certain, and this is that there is very little about which one can be certain

Old age is ready to undertake tasks that youth shirked because they would take too long.

It is well known that Beauty does not look with a good grace on the timid advances of Humour.

It is unfair to expect a politician to live in private up to the statements he makes in public.