Without a family, man, alone in the world, trembles with the cold.
In literature as in love, we are astonished at what is chosen by others.
To be witty is not enough. One must possess sufficient wit to avoid having too much of it.
The first recipe for happiness is: avoid too lengthy meditation on the past.
Lost Illusion is the undisclosed title of every novel.
Few are they who have never had a chance to achieve happiness- and fewer those who have taken that chance.