 A cold in the head causes less suffering than an idea. |
| The ideal of calm exists in a sitting cat. |
| Truth makes many appeals, not the least of which is its power to shock. |
| The reward of great men is that, long after they have died, one is not quite sure that they are dead. |
| Everything you want is out there waiting for you to ask. Everything you want also wants you. But you have to take action to get it. |
| The only man who is really free is the one who can turn down an invitation to dinner without giving an excuse. |
| Words are the small change of thought. |
| Never does one feel oneself so utterly helpless as in trying to speak comfort for great bereavement. I will not try it. Time is the only comforter for the loss of a mother. |
| The bourgeois are other people. |
| There are places and moments in which one is so completely alone that one sees the world entire. |
| If you are afraid of being lonely, don't try to be right. |
| Laziness is nothing more than the habit of resting before you get tired. |
| Fame is a constant effort. |
| I don't know if God exists, but it would be better for His reputation if He didn't. |
| Don't tell a woman she's pretty; tell her there's no other woman like her, and all roads will open to you. |
