convictions ... are always getting in the way of opportunities.

Theories have nothing to do with life.

Though it sounds absurd, it is true to say I felt younger at sixty than I felt at twenty.

But, of course only morons would ever think or speak of themselves as intellectuals. That's why they all look so sad.

It was a perfect spring afternoon, and the air was filled with vague, roving scents, as if the earth exhaled the sweetness of hidden flowers.

The worst thing about war is that so many people enjoy it.

anger and jealousy are spasms of the nerves, not of the heart.