Experience is always a trustworthy guide; it may not tell you everything, but it never lies.

...Je n’ai pas cessé de l’être si c’est d’être jeune que d’aimer toujours !... L’humanité n’est pas un vain mot. Notre vie est faite d’amour, et ne plus aimer c’est ne plus vivre." (I have never ceased to be young, if being young is always loving... Humanity is not a vain word. Our life is made of love, and to love no longer is to live no longer.)

Party politics is now a real farce.

You don't have to write to me if you don't feel like it. There's no real friendship without absolute freedom.

Life is a succession of afflictions for the heart.

One changes from day to day, and... after a few years have passed one has completely altered.

God abandons only those who abandon themselves, and whoever has the courage to shut up his sorrow within his own heart is stronger to fight against it than he who complains.