People are discontent; men are troubled; and the literature is excellent.

In literature as in love, we are astonished at what is chosen by others.

He who wants to do everything will never do anything.

People are what you make them. A scornful look turns into a complete fool a man of average intelligence. A contemptuous indifference turns into an enemy a woman who, well treated, might have been an angel.

The reading of a fine book is an uninterrupted dialogue in which the book speaks and our soul replies.

No one can be profoundly original who does not avoid eccentricity.

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.