The thing I am most aware of is my limits. And this is natural; for I never, or almost never, occupy the middle of my cage; my whole being surges toward the bars.

One is always wrong to open a conversation with the devil, for, however he goes about it, he always insists upon having the last word.

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

Wisdom comes not from reason but from love.

Sadness is almost never anything but a form of fatigue.

The young people who come to me in the hope of hearing me utter a few memorable maxims are quite disappointed. Aphorisms are not my forte, I say nothing but banalities.... I listen to them and they go away delighted.

Sadness is a state of sin.