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

It takes time for the absent to assume their true shape in our thoughts.

I went to collect the few personal belongings which...I held to be invaluable: my cat, my resolve to travel, and my solitude.

It is wise to apply the oil of refined politeness to the mechanisms of friendship.

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

If we want to be sincere, we must admit that there is a well-nourished love and an ill-nourished love. And the rest is literature.

Look for a long time at what pleases you, and a longer time at what pains you.