The endless legacy of the past to the present is the secret source of human genius.
The monotony of provincial life attracts the attention of people to the kitchen. You do not dine as luxuriously in the provinces as in Paris, but you dine better, because the dishes serve you are the result of mediation and study.
Physically, a man is a man for a much longer time than a woman is a woman.
By resorting to self-resignation, the unfortunate consummate.
Reading brings us unknown friends
There are moments in life when all we can bear is the sense that our friend is near us; our wounds would wince at the touch of consoling words, that would reveal the depths of our pain.