To read a writer is for me not merely to get an idea of what he says, but to go off with him and travel in his company.

Fear of ridicule begets the worst cowardice.

Complete possession is proved only by giving. All you are unable to give possesses you.

It is now, and in this world, that we must live.

There are very few monsters who warrant the fear we have of them.

What thwarts us and demands of us the greatest effort is also what can teach us most.

Nothing prevents happiness like the memory of happiness.