The difficult part in an argument is not to defend one's opinion but rather to know it.

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

The effectiveness of work increases according to geometric progression if there are no interruptions.

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

Experience is valuable only when it has brought suffering and when the suffering has left its mark upon both body and mind.

To be witty is not enough. One must possess sufficient wit to avoid having too much of it.

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.