There is only one happiness in this life, to love and be loved.

Simplicity, a delicate silence about oneself, increases their worth and makes one love those whom one admires.

Ever since time began the world has seemed stupid to those who aren't stupid themselves. It was to avoid that annoyance that I became stupid myself, as fast as ever I could. Sheer egoism, no doubt.

It is a mistake to regard age as a downhill grade toward dissolution. The reverse is true. As one grows older, one climbs with surprising strides.

Sorrow makes us very good or very bad.

No place is ugly to those who understand the virtues and sweetness of everything that God has made.

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