The faults of husbands are often caused by the excess virtues of their wives.

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.

I love my past, I love my present. I am not ashamed of what I have had, and I am not sad because I no longer have it.

I believe there are more urgent and honorable occupations than the incomparable waste of time we call suffering.

Never touch a butterfly's wing with your finger.

You don't think before you do something foolish. You do your thinking afterwards.

A happy childhood is poor preparation for human contacts.