Believe those who seek the truth, doubt those who find it; doubt all, but do not doubt yourself.
The less intelligent the white man is, the more stupid he thinks the black.
It is the special quality of love not to be able to remain stationary, to be obliged to increase under pain of diminishing.
I advise the young to tell themselves constantly that most often it is up to them alone.
I prefer granting with a good grace what I know I shan't be able to prevent.
What would there be in a story of happiness? Only what prepares it, only what destroys it can be told.