If France is to be judged, judge her not by the effects of her defeat but by her readiness to sacrifice herself.

I am a fox", the fox said.

The flower you single out is a rejection of all other flowers; nevertheless, only on these terms is it beautiful.

What sets men at variance is but the treachery of language, for always they desire the same things.

Sometimes, there is no harm in putting off a piece of work until another day.

Truth is not that which is demonstrable but that which is ineluctable.

You're beautiful, but you're empty...One couldn't die for you. Of course, an ordinary passerby would think my rose looked just like you. But my rose, all on her own, is more important than all of you together, since she's the one I've watered. Since she's the one I put under glass, since she's the one I sheltered behind the screen. Since she's the one for whom I killed the caterpillars (except the two or three butterflies). Since she's the one I listened to when she complained, or when she boasted, or even sometimes when she said nothing at all. Since she's my rose.