There's nothing the world loves more than a ready-made description which they can hang on to a man, and so save themselves all trouble in future.

The passing moment is all we can be sure of; it is only common sense to extract its utmost value from it.

The great tragedy of life is not that men perish, but that they cease to love.

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

The Riviera isn't only a sunny place for shady people.

The mathematician who after seeing Phedre asked: 'Qu'est que ca prouve?' was not such a fool as he has been generally made out. No one has ever been able to explain why the Doric temple of Paestum is more beautiful than a glass of cold beer except by bringing in considerations that have nothing to do with beauty.

Remember that it is nothing to do your duty, that is demanded of you and is no more meritorious than to wash your hands when they are dirty; the only thing that counts is the love of duty; when love and duty are one, then grace is in you and you will enjoy a happiness which passes all understanding.