Every luxury must be paid for, and everything is a luxury, starting with being in this world.

If it is true that one gets used to suffering, how is it that as the years go one always suffers more? No, they are not mad, those people who amuse themselves, enjoy life, travel, make love, fight—they are not mad. We should like to do the same ourselves.

We do not remember days, we remember moments. The richness of life lies in memories we have forgotten

On ne se souvient pas des jours, on se souvient des instants.

The art of living is the art of knowing how to believe lies.

Living is like working out a long addition sum, and if you make a mistake in the first two totals you will never find the right answer. It means involving oneself in a complicated chain of circumstances.

There is only one pleasure-that of being alive. All the rest is misery.

You've got to understand life, understand it when you're young.

Love is the cheapest of religions.