Words that come from the heart are never spoken, they get caught in the throat and can only be read in ones's eyes.

I am traveling less in order to be able to write more. I select my travel destinations according to their degree of usefulness to my work.

The difficult thing isn't living with other people, it's understanding them.

It takes little or nothing to undo reputations, the merest trifle makes and remakes them, it is simply a question of finding the best means of engaging the confidence or interest of those who are to become one's unsuspecting echoes or accomplices.

...the habit of falling hardens the body, reaching the ground, to in itself, is a relief.

The wise man contents himself with what he has, until such time as he invents something better.

when you are old and realize that time is running out, you start imagining that you have the cure for all the ills of the world in your hand, and get frustrated because no one pays you any attention.