Men fear silence as they fear solitude, because both give them a glimpse of the terror of life's nothingness.
Andre MauroisA friend loves you for your intelligence, a mistress for your charm, but your family's love is unreasoning; you were born into it and are of its flesh and blood. Nevertheless it can irritate you more than any group of people in the world.
Andre MauroisOften we allow ourselves to be upset by small things we should despise and forget. We lose many irreplaceable hours brooding over grievances that, in a year's time, will be forgotten by us and by everybody. No, let us devote our life to worthwhile actions and feelings, to great thoughts, real affections and enduring undertakings.
Andre MauroisEverything that is in agreement with our personal desires seems true; everything that is not puts us in a rage.
Andre Maurois