“A faithful woman looks to the spring, a good book, perfume, earthquakes, and divine revelation for the experience others find in a lover. They deceive their husbands, so to speak, with the entire world, men excepted.”

“I remember a time when a cabbage could sell itself by being a cabbage. Nowadays it’s no good being a cabbage – unless you have an agent and pay him a commission. Nothing is free anymore to sell itself or give itself away. These days, Countess, every cabbage has its pimp.”

“v. It would be very odd if two poets were killed in the same way...May on Lake Asquam, by Jean Giraudoux”

“Only the mediocre are always at their best. ”

“O Dieu, si tu veux que jamais plus femme n'élève la voix, crée enfin un homme adulte!”

“The secret of success is sincerity. Once you can fake that you’ve got it made.”

“I'm not afraid of death. It's the stake one puts up in order to play the game of life.”