A good story is obviously a difficult thing to invent, but its difficulty is a poor reason for despising it.

What was it in the human heart that made you despise a man because he loved you?

Sometimes a man hits upon a place to which he mysteriously feels that he belongs.

The great man is too often all of a piece; it is the little man that is a bundle of contradictory elements. He is inexhaustible. You never come to the end of the surprises he has in store for you.

Genius is talent provided with ideals.

The common idea that success spoils people by making them vain, egotistic and self-complacent is erroneous; on the contrary it makes them, for the most part, humble, tolerant and kind.

The passing moment is all we can be sure of; it is only common sense to extract its utmost value from it.