Old age is ready to undertake tasks that youth shirked because they would take too long.
It is very difficult to know people and I don't think one can ever really know any but one's own countrymen. For men and women are not only themselves; they are also the region in which they are born,...
I myself stand on one side and the rest of the world on the other. There is an abyss between, that no power can cross, a strange barrier more insuperable than a mountain of fire. Husband and wife know...
How can I be reasonable? To me our love was everything and you were my whole life. It is not very pleasant to realize that to you it was only an episode.
It is dangerous to let the public behind the scenes. They are easily disillusioned and then they are angry with you for it was the illusion they loved.
You can never know enough about your characters
The illusion of free will is so strong in my mind that I can't get away from it, but I believe it is only an illusion. But it is an illusion which is one of the strongest motives of my actions. Before...
What do we any of us have but our illusions? And what do we ask of others but that we be allowed to keep them?
Often the best way to overcome desire is to satisfy it.
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.
Marriage is a very good thing, but I think it's a mistake to make a habit out of it.
The world in general doesn't know what to make of originality it is startled out of its comfortable habits of thought, and its first reaction is one of anger.
You're beginning to dislike me, aren't you? Well, dislike me. It doesn't make any difference to me now.
Man's desire for the approval of his fellows is so strong, his dread of their censure so violent, that he himself has brought his enemy (conscience) within his gates; and it keeps watch over him, vigi...
I'm one of the few persons I ever met who are able to learn from experience.
He found that it was easy to make a heroic gesture, but hard to abide by its results.
A woman can forgive a man for the harm he does her . . . but she can never forgive him for the sacrifices he makes on her account.
The only important thing in a book is the meaning that it has for you.
You are not angry with people when you laugh at them. Humor teaches tolerance.
You cannot write unless you write much.