The best way to turn a woman's head is to tell her she has a beautiful profile.

When a man steals your wife, there is no better revenge than to let him keep her.

Even the most respectable woman has a complete set of clothes in her wardrobe ready for a possible abduction.

Two things make the women unforgettable, their tears and their perfume

A man must marry only a very pretty woman in case he should ever want some other man to take her off his hands.

I am in favor of preserving the French habit of kissing the hands of ladies. After all one must start somewhere.

Our wisdom comes from our experience, and our experience comes from our foolishness.

Being a Parisian is not about being born in Paris, it is about being reborn there.

You can pretend to be serious; you can't pretend to be witty.

I would gladly admit women are superior to men if only they would stop trying to be the same as us.

An ideal wife is one who remains faithful to you but tries to be just as charming as if she weren't.

something genuine like a mark in a toilet, graced with guts and gutted with grace

My spirit is free. My heart is taken.

Generate happy moments. . . make miracles happen. Love is a miracle too.

If one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams and endeavours to live the life which he has imagined he will meet with a success unexpected in common hours.

Difficulty attracts the characterful man, for it is by grasping it that he fulfils himself.

We're waiting for the pendulum to swing back again, which I am absolutely confident it will.

My epiglottis is full of bees!

You never oughta drink water when it ain't runnin'.

Empathy is not merely the basic principle of artistic creation. It is also the only path by which one can reach the truth about life and society.

Focus first on where you want to be, and why, and then on the right path to get there.