A work settles nothing, just as the labor of a whole generation settles nothing. Sons, and the morrow, always start afresh.

A corpse is what's left after waking too often.

Living is like working out a long addition sum, and if you make a mistake in the first two totals you will never find the right answer. It means involving oneself in a complicated chain of circumstances.

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

Great lovers will always be unhappy, because, for them, love is of supreme importance. Consequently they demand of their beloved the same intensity of thought as they have for her, otherwise they feel betrayed.

The art of living is the art of knowing how to believe lies.

No woman marries for money; they are all clever enough, before marrying a millionaire, to fall in love with him first.