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.
The first recipe for happiness is: avoid too lengthy meditation on the past.
Housekeeping in common is for women the acid test.
Men and women are not born inconstant: they are made so by their early amorous experiences.
A marriage without conflicts is almost as inconceivable as a nation without crises.
In literature as in love, we are astonished at what is chosen by others.