Red lights are like queues. They are for people who have time to waste. - Stephen Clarke

This was Marianne, the revolutionary heroine, the French equivalent of Uncle Sam. This being France, instead of a bearded old uncle who looks as if he should be advertising fried chicken, they have a seminaked woman.

Sex is wonderful, but it's like champagne. If you're forced to have four glasses at every meal you start to fantasize about a glass of water.

A French politician without a mistress is like a sheriff without a gun—people think he has no firepower.