My formula for living is quite simple. I get up in the morning and I go to bed at night. In between, I occupy myself as best I can.

The basic fact about human existence is not that it is a tragedy, but that it is a bore. It is not so much a war as an endless standing in line.

There is only one difference between a long life and a good dinner: that, in the dinner, the sweets come last.

This life is worth living, we can say, since it is what we make it.