Understanding is the beginning of approving.

You have to let other people be right' was his answer to their insults. 'It consoles them for not being anything else.

If a young writer can refrain from writing, he shouldn’t hesitate to do so.

The color of truth is gray.

The loveliest creations of men are persistently painful. What would be the description of happiness? Nothing, except what prepares and then what destroys it.

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

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