Somewhere in the shadow cast by every famous man is a feminine victim.
The truly free man is he who can decline a dinner invitation without giving an excuse.
Clarity is the politeness of the man of letters.
Whenever I have talked to anyone at too great length, I am like a man who has drunk too much, and ashamed, doesn't know where to put himself.
Don't tell a woman she's pretty; tell her there's no other woman like her, and all roads will open to you.
Our dream dashes itself against the great mystery like a wasp against a window pane. Less merciful than man, God never opens the window.
Man who waits for roast duck to fly into mouth must wait very, very long time.
The only man who is really free is the one who can turn down an invitation to dinner without giving an excuse.
There are moments when everything goes well, but don't be frightened.
I finally know what distinguishes man from the other beasts: financial worries.
There are moments when everything goes well; don't be frightened, it won't last
The reward of great men is that, long after they have died, one is not quite sure that they are dead
It is more difficult to be an honorable man for a week than to be a hero for fifteen minutes.
There are no friends; only moments of friendship.
Life is what our character makes it. We fashion it, as a snail does its shell. A man can say: I never made a fortune because it is not in my character to be rich.
There are places and moments in which one is so completely alone that one sees the world entire.