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

“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 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.”

“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.”