They say the world has become too complex for simple answers. They are wrong.
Why not make a daily pleasure out a daily necessity.
Good manners make any man a pleasure to be with. Ask any woman.
Depending on the inflection, ah bon can express shock, disbelief, indifference, irritation, or joy - a remarkable achievment for two short words.
I'd rather live precariously in my own office than comfortably in somebody else's.
Best advice I've ever received: Finish.
No matter what their background, the southern French are fascinated by food.
Character is the backbone of our human culture. Music is the flowering of character.
The dowager rose and slipped from her pew. There was the sound of tearing silk as she threw up her arms to embrace her son. Then: "Oh, Rupert, darling," she exclaimed in tones of theatrical despair, "don't you see? The game's up!
At the heart of every major political upheaval lies a fiscal revolution.
The growth of understanding follows an ascending spiral rather than a straight line.