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.

There are moments when everything goes well, but don't be frightened.

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

If I had my life to live over again, I would ask that not a thing be changed, but that my eyes be opened wider.

Literature is an occupation in which you have to keep proving your talent to people who have none

Life is what our character makes it. We fashion it, as a snail does its shell. A man can say: I never made a fortune because it is not in my character to be rich.

Be modest! It is the kind of pride least likely to offend.