One always feel better when one has made up one's mind.

The point is that for our ancestors, the universe was a picture; for modern physics it is a story.

It's so much easier to pray for a bore than to go and see one.

Those who do not think about their own sins make up for it by thinking incessantly about the sins of others.

Don't worry. If you really want to, you will Whether you'll like it when you do is another question.

The promise, made when I am in love, to be true to the beloved as long as I live, commits me to being true even if I cease to be in love.

Friendship is the greatest of worldly goods. Certainly to me it is the chief happiness of life. If I had to give a piece of advice to a young man about a place to live, I think I should say, 'sacrifice almost everything to live where you can be near your friends.'