Learning is nothing without cultivated manners, but when the two are combined in a woman, you have one of the most exquisite products of civilization.

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

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.

Few are they who have never had a chance to achieve happiness- and fewer those who have taken that chance.

The really great novel tends to be the exact negative of its author's life.

Learning is nothing without cultivated manners, but when the two are combined in a woman, you have one of the most exquisite products of civilization.

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