We can talk frankly about our defects only to those who recognise our qualities.

People are what you make them. A scornful look turns into a complete fool a man of average intelligence. A contemptuous indifference turns into an enemy a woman who, well treated, might have been an angel.

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.

Advice is always a confession.

A happy marriage is a long conversation which always seems too short.

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

Information is not culture. In the mind of a truly educated person, facts are organized, and they make up a living world in the image of the world of reality.