“The day is not over yet. You may still meet with Providence, who never gets up before noon.”

“You see, my poor fellow, the hearts of women and she-cats are abysses that neither men nor toms will ever fathom.”

“It is extraordinary Monsieur Benoit, but everytime I think of your triple character as a landlord, a bootmaker, and a friend, I am tempted to believe in the Trinity.”

“The first duty of wine is to be red. Don't talk to me of your white wines.”

“As to my heart, since I have worn an eighty franc corset I do not hear it, and I am very much afraid that I have left it in one of Marcel's drawers.”

“Study is the child of silence and mystery.”

“Art is a barren route, of which glory is the oasis.”