“An optimist is a man who plant two acorns and buy a hammock.”

“Un optimiste, c'est un homme qui plante deux glands et qui s'achète un hamac.”

“Having recovered from an inexplicable moment of weakness Claire was on the defensive, ready to bite. I had the impression that she was now looking for a chance to demonstrate her strength, or her hard-heartedness.”

“I woke up, smiling to myself at this dream with its allegorical aspects but with no real meaning.”

“Two persons cannot long be friends if they cannot forgive each other's little failings.”

“that man is good who does good to others; if he suffers on account of the good he does, he is very good; if he suffers at the hands of those to whom he has done good, then his goodness is so great that it could be enhanced only by greater sufferings; and if he should die at their hands, his virtue can go no further: it is heroic, it is perfect”

“The best laid plot can injure its maker, and often a man's perfidy will rebound on himself.”