A novel is balanced between a few true impressions and the multitude of false ones that make up most of what we call life.

...there is no old age of the soul.

Boredom is the conviction that you can't change ... the shriek of unused capacities.

Goodness is achieved not in a vacuum, but in the company of other men, attended by love.

Hapiness can only be found if you can free yourself of all other distractions.

She's very pretty but she's honey from the icebox, if you know what I mean. Cold sweets won't spread.

Strict seriousness was far more dangerous than any joke.