To be stupid, selfish, and have good health are three requirements for happiness, though if stupidity is lacking, all is lost.

You can calculate the worth of a man by the number of his enemies and the importance of a work of art by the harm that is spoken of it.

You need a high degree of corruption or a very big heart to love absolutely everything.

Yvetot [a small town in the north of France] is as good as Constantinople.