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

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.

Memory is a great artist. For every man and for every woman it makes the recollection of his or her life a work of art and an unfaithful record.

The art of reading is in great part that of acquiring a better understanding of life from one's encounter with it in a book.

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

To be witty is not enough. One must possess sufficient wit to avoid having too much of it.

All of us, from time to time, need a plunge into freedom and novelty, after which routine and discipline will seem delightful by contrast.