The reading of a fine book is an uninterrupted dialogue in which the book speaks and our soul replies.
The first recipe for happiness is: avoid too lengthy meditation on the past.
He who wants to do everything will never do anything.
A happy marriage is a long conversation which always seems too short.
A successful marriage is an edifice that must be rebuilt every day.
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.