"The difference between us and the English is that they are always thinking of what they are going to say, and we are always thinking of what we have said."

"The greatest pleasure in life is to do what people say you cannot do."

"There is no such thing as a natural death: nothing that ever happens to a man is ever natural, since his presence calls the world into question."

"There are very few people who can be trusted with a secret."

"As a general rule… people ask for advice only in order not to follow it; or if they do follow it, in order to have someone to blame for giving it."