• "A single sentence will suffice for modern man: he fornicated and read the papers."


• "You know what charm is: a way of getting the answer yes without having asked any clear question."


• "When one has extensively pondered about men, as a career or as a vocation, one sometimes feels nostalgic for primates. At least they do not have ulterior motives."


• "Friendship is less simple. It is long and hard to obtain, but when one has it there's no getting rid of it; one simply has to cope with it."


• "Punishment without judgment is bearable. It has a name, besides, that guarantees our innocence: it is called misfortune."


• "One plays at being immortal and after a few weeks one doesn't even know whether or not one can hang on till the next day."


• "In order to cease being a doubtful case, one has to cease being, that's all."


• "Freedom is not a reward or a decoration that is celebrated with champagne. Nor yet a gift, a box of dainties designed to make you lick your chops. Oh, no! It's a chore, on the contrary, and a long-distance race, quite solitary and very exhausting."


• "Let's not beat around the bush; I love life – that's my real weakness. I love it so much that I am incapable of imagining what is not life."


• "There are always reasons for murdering a man. But there is no justification for his existence."


• "N'attendez pas le Jugement dernier. Il a lieu tous les jours."