Self-pity comes so naturally to all of us. The most solid happiness can be shaken by the compassion of a fool.

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

Advice is always a confession.

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.

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

Memory is a great artist. For every man and for every woman it makes the recollection of his or her life a work of art and an unfaithful record.

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