There are things which a man is afraid to tell even to himself, and every decent man has a number of such things stored away in his mind.

I think that if one is faced by inevitable destruction -- if a house is falling upon you, for instance -- one must feel a great longing to sit down, close one's eyes and wait, come what may . . .

There is no subject so old that something new cannot be said about it.

When I look back at the past and think of all the time I squandered in error and idleness,... then my heart bleeds. Life is a gift... every minute could have been an eternity of happiness! If only youth knew! Now my life will change; now I will be reborn.

It seems, in fact, as though the second half of a man's life is made up of nothing, but the habits he has accumulated during the first half.

After all, bluff and real emotion exist so easily side by side.

Be the sun and all will see you.