You don't love a man for what he says, but love what he says because you love him.

When you become used to never being alone, you may consider yourself Americanised

Advice is always a confession.

Old age is far more than white hair, wrinkles, the feeling that it is too late and the game finished, that the stage belongs to the rising generations. The true evil is not the weakening of the body, but the indifference of the soul.

The difficult part in an argument is not to defend one's opinion but rather to know it.

The reading of a fine book is an uninterrupted dialogue in which the book speaks and our soul replies.

We appreciate frankness from those who like us. Frankness from others is called insolence.