Beware of those who say: "I know this too well to be able to express it." For if they cannot do so, this is because they don't know it or because out of laziness they stopped at the outer crust.

To live is to hurt others, and through others, to hurt oneself. Cruel earth! How can we manage not to touch anything? To find what ultimate exile?

Man wants to live, but it is useless to hope that this desire will dictate all his actions.

Your success and happiness are forgiven you only if you generously consent to share them. But to be happy it is essential not to be too concerned with others. Consequently, there is no escape. Happy and judged, or absolved and wretched.

Only he who is uncompromising as to his rights maintains the sense of duty.

That's the way man is, cher monsieur. He has two faces: he can't love without self-love.

Don't let them tell us stories.