A few days later, I found my mother beneath the tree, motionless with excitement, her head turned toward the heavens in which she would allow human religions no place.

In the matter of furnishing, I find a certain absence of ugliness far worse than ugliness.

Jealousy is not at all low, but it catches us humbled and bowed down, at first sight.

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.

Be happy. It's one way of being wise.

Never touch a butterfly's wing with your finger.

No one asked you to be happy. Get to work.