Modesty and unselfishness - these are the virtues which men praise - and pass by.

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

A happy marriage is a long conversation which always seems too short.

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

We owe to the Middle Ages the two worst inventions of humanity - romantic love and gunpowder.

We don't love a woman for what she says, we like what she says because we love her.

The minds of different generations are as impenetrable one by the other as are the monads of Leibniz.