You must not pity me because my sixtieth year finds me still astonished. To be astonished is one of the surest ways of not growing old too quickly.
That lovely voice; how I should weep for joy if I could hear it now!
You don't think before you do something foolish. You do your thinking afterwards.
A happy childhood is poor preparation for human contacts.
Our perfect companions never have fewer than four feet.
There is no need to waste pity on young girls who are having their moments of disillusionment, for in another moment they will recover their illusion.