My life was lucky so that I met, I loved (and disappointed) only outstanding people.

To know oneself, one should assert oneself.

In normal times all of us know, whether consciously or not, that there is no love which can't be bettered; nevertheless, we reconcile ourselves more or less easily to the fact that ours has never risen above the average.

Imagination offers people consolation for what they cannot be, and humor for what they actually are.

Retaliation is related to nature and instinct, not to law. Law, by definition, cannot obey the same rules as nature.

Absurd- that is the light mind that establishes its own borders.

What did it matter if he existed for two or for twenty years? Happiness was the fact that he had existed.