Most often people seek in life occasions for persisting in their opinions rather than for educating themselves.
Enduring fame is promised only to those writers who can offer to successive generations a substance constantly renewed; for every generation arrives upon the scene with its own particular hunger.
The individual never asserts himself more than when he forgets himself.
Welcome anything that comes to you, but do not long for anything else.
Nothing blocks happiness like happiness remembered.
The truth is, I hoped the cure would dislike me. I tried to think of disagreeable things to say to him -- I could hit on nothing that wasn't charming. It's wonderful how hard I find it not to be fascinating.