32 Quotes by Maurice Chevalier

A man must have his dreams – memory dreams of the past and eager dreams of the future. I never want to stop reaching for new goals.

Like a genial hotelier, Rolex has introduced me to some of the nicest people. I ask about their Rolex and they ask about mine. It’s as marvelous a conversation piece as it is a timepiece.

When you hit seventy you sleep sounder, you feel more alive than when you were thirty. Obviously it’s healthier to have women on your mind than on your knees.

When you have done your best with what you know how to do best – and people everywhere look at you with a friendly smile.

Only soldiers and labouring men can appreciate how glorious it really is to lie late in bed in winter-time. When your life revolves around having to to be at work at seven o’clock in the morning you know everything about that ghastly lep up still half asleep and the rush to put your head under a tap of ice-cold water with the barbarous object of shocking yourself awake.