"I hasten to laugh at everything, for fear of being obliged to weep."

"If a thing isn't worth saying, you sing it."

"Drinking when we are not thirsty and making love at all seasons, madam: that is all there is to distinguish us from other animals."

"Vilify, Vilify, some of it will always stick."

"Where love is concerned, too much is not even enough."

"Because you are a great lord, you believe yourself to be a great genius. You took the trouble to be born, but no more."

"As long as I don't write about the government, religion, politics, and other institutions, I am free to print anything."

"I quickly laugh at everything for fear of having to cry."

"It is not necessary to understand things in order to argue about them."