There are no elements so diverse that they cannot be joined in the heart of a man.

Falsehood is the jockey of misfortune.

To make ourselves invisible to creditors or to the envious, and even to our own worries, we can take advantage here on earth of a great democratic institution-in fact, democracy's only success-the night.

It's odd how people waiting for you stand out far less clearly than people you are waiting for.

Death is the next step after the pension-it's perpetual retirement without pay.

To seek out in a world full of joy the one thing that is certain to give you pain, and hug it to your bosom with all your strength; that's the greatest human happiness.

Since I love you, my loneliness begins to throw you.