Without a family, man, alone in the world, trembles with the cold.

A happy marriage is a long conversation which always seems too short.

Memory is a great artist. For every man and for every woman it makes the recollection of his or her life a work of art and an unfaithful record.

The most important quality in a leader is that of being acknowledged as such. All leaders whose fitness is questioned are clearly lacking in force.

In literature as in love, we are astonished at what is chosen by others.

Men and women are not born inconstant: they are made so by their early amorous experiences.

Business is a combination of war and sport.

Smile, for everyone lacks self-confidence and more than any other one thing a smile reassures them.

Growing old is no more than a bad habit which a busy person has no time to form.

An artist must be a reactionary. He has to stand out against the tenor of the age and not go flopping along.

A happy marriage is a long conversation which always seems too short.

There are certain persons for whom pure Truth is a poison.