Suffering... We owe to it all that is good in us, all that gives value to life; we owe to it pity, we owe to it courage, we owe to it all the virtues.
It is not customary to love what one has.
The truth is that life is delicious, horrible, charming, frightful, sweet, bitter, and that is everything.
I cling to my imperfection, as the very essence of my being.
Man is a rational animal. He can think up a reason for anything he wants to believe.
In its majestic equality, the law forbids rich and poor alike to sleep under bridges, beg in the streets and steal loaves of bread.