“A happy marriage is a long conversation which always seems too short.”

“A successful marriage is an edifice that must be rebuilt every day. ”

“Conversation would be vastly improved by the constant use of four simple words: I do not know.”

“[...] marriage is one thing, and love is another...You need to have a solid canvas; nobody stops you to weave the arabesques...”

“Happiness is never there to stay [...] Happiness is merely a respite offered by inquietude.”

“The reading of a fine book is an uninterrupted dialogue in which the book speaks and our soul replies.”

“Old age is far more than white hair, wrinkles, the feeling that it is too late and the game is finished, that the stage belongs to the rising generations. The true evil is not the weakening of the body, but the indifference of the soul.”