No one asked you to be happy. Get to work.

- Sidonie Gabrielle Colette

Be happy. It's one way of being wise.

- Sidonie Gabrielle Colette

You will do foolish things, but do them with enthusiasm.

- Sidonie Gabrielle Colette

It is not a bad thing that children should occasionally, and politely, put parents in their place.

- Sidonie Gabrielle Colette

A woman who thinks she is intelligent demands the same rights as man. An intelligent woman gives up.

- Sidonie Gabrielle Colette

Hope costs nothing.

- Sidonie Gabrielle Colette

Our perfect companions never have fewer than four feet.

- Sidonie Gabrielle Colette

Time spent with a cat is never wasted.

- Sidonie Gabrielle Colette

There are connoisseurs of blue just as there are connoisseurs of wine.

- Sidonie Gabrielle Colette