Sadness is almost never anything but a form of fatigue.

It is only in adventure that some people succeed in knowing themselves - in finding themselves.

I wished for nothing beyond her smile, and to walk with her thus, hand in hand, along a sun warmed, flower bordered path.

What I dislike least in my former self are the moments of prayer.

Never have I been able to settle in life. Always seated askew, as if on the arm of a chair; ready to get up, to leave.

Great minds tend toward banality. It is the noblest effort of individualism. But it implies a sort of modesty, which is so rare that it is scarcely found except in the greatest, or in beggars.

The most beaten paths are certainly the surest, but do not hope to start much game on them.