A tyrannous and gluttonous demand for affection can be a horrible thing. But in ordinary life no one calls a child selfish because it turns for comfort to its mother; nor an adult who turns to his fellow "for company." Those, whether children or adults, who do so least are not usually the most selfless.

The next best thing to being wise oneself is to live in a circle of those who are.

It is because they have no Oyarsa,' said one of the pupils. It is because everyone of them wants to be a little Oyarsa himself,' said Augray.

When we are lost in the woods, the sight of a signpost is a great matter.

It is a very funny thing that the sleepier you are, the longer you take about getting to bed.

Precisely because we cannot predict the moment, we must be ready at all moments.

The rule of the universe is that others can do for us what we cannot do for ourselves, and one can paddle every canoe except one's own.