The need to express one's self in writing springs from a maladjustment of life, or from an inner conflict which the adolescent (or the grown man) cannot resolve in action.

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

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

In a discussion, the difficulty lies, not in being able to defend your opinion, but to know it.

Either the soul is immortal and we shall not die, or it perishes with the flesh and we shall not know that we are dead. Live, then, as if you were eternal.

We don't love a woman for what she says, we like what she says because we love her.

Two human beings anchored to one another are like two ships shaken by waves; their carcases collide with one another and creak.