Hope costs nothing.

The lovesick, the betrayed, and the jealous all smell alike.

We only do well the things we like doing.

So now, whenever I despair, I no longer expect my end, but some bit of luck, some commonplace little miracle which, like a glittering link, will mend again the necklace of my days.

Our perfect companions never have fewer than four feet.

It is not a bad thing that children should occasionally, and politely, put parents in their place.

I am indebted to the cat for a particular kind of honorable deceit, for a greater control over myself, for a characteristic aversion to brutal sounds, and for the need to keep silent for long periods of time.