A woman never sees what we do for her, she only sees what we don't do.

- Georges Courteline

Women are better than they are reputed to be: they don't mock the tears men shed unless they themselves are responsible for them.

- Georges Courteline

One of the most visible effects of a child's presence in the household is to turn the worthy parents into complete idiots when, without him, they wou…

- Georges Courteline

One of the most obvious results of having a baby around the house is to turn two good people into complete idiots who probably wouldn't have been muc…

- Georges Courteline

It is obviously quite difficult to be no longer loved when we are still in love, but it is incomparably more painful to be loved when we ourselves no…

- Georges Courteline

To be looked upon as a fool by an idiot is a true connoisseur's delight.

- Georges Courteline

If we had to tolerate in others all that we permit in ourselves, life would become completely unbearable.

- Georges Courteline

Wasting one's youth is better than doing nothing at all with it.

- Georges Courteline

Most men find it difficult to remain true to a single woman, but relatively easy to be true to three or four at the same time.

- Georges Courteline