My heart always timidly hides itself behind my mind. I set out to bring down stars from the sky, then, for fear of ridicule, I stop and pick little flowers of eloquence.

I am what I am because early in life I decided that I would please at least myself in all things.

It is at night that faith in light is admirable.

A man does not fight to win; it is better to fight in vain.

A kiss, when all is said, what is it? A rosy dot placed on the 'I' in loving; Tis a secret told to the mouth instead of to the ear.

To joke in the face of danger is the supreme politeness, a delicate refusal to cast oneself as a tragic hero.

After all, what is a kiss? A vow made at closer range, a more precise promise, a confession that contains its own proof, a seal placed on a pact that has already been signed; it's a secret told to the mouth rather than to the ear.