I have a habit of leaving places at the wrong time, just when something big may have happened for me. - Nicolas Chamfort

Le bon goût, le tact et le bon ton, ont plus de rapport que n'affectent de le croire les Gens de Lettres. Le tact, c'est le bon goût appliqué au main- tien et à la conduite; le bon ton, c'est le bon goût appliqué aux discours et à la conversation.

In order not to find life unbearable, you must accept two things: the ravages of time and the injustices of man.

High society is a poor play, a bad, boring opera, made slightly better by its staging, costumes and scenery.