There is a justice, but we do not always see it. Discreet, smiling, it is there, at one side, a little behind injustice, which makes a big noise.

The strong do not hesitate. They settle down, they sweat, they go on to the end. They exhaust the ink, they use up the paper.

The reward of great men is that, long after they have died, one is not quite sure that they are dead

Paradise does not exist, but we must nonetheless strive to be worthy of it.

if I were to begin my life again, I should want it as it was. I would only open my eyes a little more.

When the defects of others are perceived with so much clarity, it is because one possesses them oneself.

There are no friends; only moments of friendship.