True, it is evil that a single man should crush the herd, but see not there the worse form of slavery, which is when the herd crushes out the man.

That's the way they are. You must not hold it against them. Children should be very understanding of grown-ups.

No individual is isolated. He who is sad, saddens others.

I did not know how to reach him, how to catch up with him... The land of tears is so mysterious.

Each man must look to himself to teach him the meaning of life. It is not something discovered: it is something molded.

That is the hardest thing of all. It is much harder to judge yourself than to judge others. If you succeed in judging yourself, it's because you're truly a wise man.

She cast her fragrance and her radiance over me. I ought never to have run away from her... I ought to have guessed all the affection that lay behind her poor little stratagems. Flowers are so inconsistent! But I was too young to know how to love her.