“Avoid contact with all people in whom there is no possible resonance with what touches you most deeply and toward whom you have obligations of "kindness," of politeness.”

“my life will never be where you think you can find it--too bad for me”

“I did not look for her, because I was afraid of dispelling the mystery we attach to people whom we know only casually.”

“But what is the heart, madame? It's worth less than people think. it's quite accommodating, it accepts anything. You give it whatever you have, it's not very particular. But the body... Ha! That's something else again! It has a cultivated taste, as they say, it knows what it wants. A heart doesn't choose, and one always ends up by loving.”

“look for a long time at what pleases you, and longer still at what pains you...”

“... what an ennobling sadness you lent to my evening's enjoyment.”

“Be kind, be honest and love.”