“It is when we are faced with death that we turn most bookish.”

“Paradise does not exist, but we must nonetheless strive to be worthy of it.”

“The truly free man is the one who can turn down an invitation to dinner without giving an excuse.”

“In the most complete friendship there is always a little empty space, like the space in an egg.”

“There are moments when everything goes well; don't be frightened, it won't last.”

“When I think of all the books still left for me to read, I am certain of further happiness.”

“To have a horror of the bourgeois is bourgeois.”