For the unregenerate "peasant" (the term that he often used about his mother, whom he despised) had gone there with the successful glass distributor, shrewd investor, versatile talker, and . . . bon vivant whose motto was "The best is good enough for me."
-- Ted Solotaroff, Truth Comes in Blows
Girard is a bon vivant and intellectual while his son is a pragmatic city financier.
-- Akin Ojumu, "There's little and Lars", The Observer, May 25, 2003
