Great blunders are often made, like large ropes, of a multitude of fibres.
To be perfectly happy it does not suffice to possess happiness, it is necessary to have deserved it.
If you want to civilize a man, begin with his grandmother.
The wise man is he who knows when and how to stop
All the human and animal manure which the world wastes, if returned to the land, instead of being thrown into the sea, would suffice to nourish the world.
You look at a star for two reasons, because it is luminous, and because it is impenetrable. You have beside you a sweeter radiance and a greater mystery, woman.