Nothing prevents happiness like the memory of happiness.

There is no work of art that is without short cuts.

Know that joy is rarer, more difficult, and more beautiful than sadness. Once you make this all-important discovery, you must embrace joy as a moral obligation.

Do not think your truth can be found by anyone else.

One does not discover new lands without consenting to lose sight of the shore for a very long time.

In order to judge properly, one must get away somewhat from what one is judging, after having loved it. This is true of countries, of persons, and of oneself.

The public always prefers to be reassured. There are those whose job this is. There are only too many.