Growing old is no more than a bad habit which a busy person has no time to form.
Men fear silence as they fear solitude, because both give them a glimpse of the terror of life's nothingness.
We don't love a woman for what she says, we like what she says because we love her.
Modesty and unselfishness - these are the virtues which men praise - and pass by.
Almost all great writers have as their motif, more or less disguised, the passage from childhood to maturity, the clash between the thrill of expectation and the disillusioning knowledge of truth. 'Lost Illusion' is the undisclosed title of every novel.
The effectiveness of work increases according to geometric progression if there are no interruptions.