A man is never completely alone in this world. At the worst, he has the company of a boy, a youth, and by and by a grown man - the one he used to be.

There is an art in taking the whiplash of suffering full in the face, an art you must learn. Let each single attack exhaust itself; pain always makes single attacks, so that its bite may be more intense, more concentrated. And you, while its fangs are implanted and injecting their venom at one spot, do not forget to offer it another place where it can bite you, and so relieve the pain of the first.

The search for a new personality is futile; what is fruitful is the interest the old personality can take in new activities.

The closing years of life are like the end of a masquerade party, when the masks are dropped.

Perfect behavior is born of complete indifference. Perhaps this is why we always love madly someone who treats us with indifference.

There is mercy for everyone, except those who are bored with life.

Love is the cheapest of religions.