They say the seeds of what we will do are in all of us, but it always seemed to me that in those who make jokes in life the seeds are covered with better soil and with a higher grade of manure.

The only thing that could spoil a day was people.... People were always the limiters of happiness except for the very few that were as good as spring itself.

Some people show evil as a great racehorse shows breeding. They have the dignity of a hard chancre.

If you are lucky enough to have lived in Paris as a young man, then wherever you go for the rest of your life, it stays with you, for Paris is a moveable feast.