The world is eaten up by boredom. You can't see it all at once. It is like dust. You go about and never notice, you breathe it in, you eat and drink it. It is sifted so fine, it doesn't even grit on your teeth. But stand still for an instant and there it is, coating your face and hands.

Hell, madame, is to love no longer.

A thought which does not result in an action is nothing much, and an action which does not proceed from a thought is nothing at all.

It's a fine thing to rise above pride, but you must have pride in order to do so.

God ordains that beggars should beg for greatness, as for all else, when greatness shines out of them, and they don't know it.

Faith is not a thing which one loses, we merely cease to shape our lives by it.

A poor man with nothing in his belly needs hope, illusion, more than bread.