This terrifying world is not devoid of charms, of the mornings that make waking up worthwhile.

The object of life is not to be on the side of the majority, but to escape finding oneself in the ranks of the insane.

Life will not break your heart. It'll crush it.

Blessed be Providence which has given to each his toy: the doll to the child, the child to the woman, the woman to the man, the man to the devil!

Humility is really important because it keeps you fresh and new.

People do not like to think. If one thinks, one must reach conclusions. Conclusions are not always pleasant.

Everything passes. Nobody gets anything for keeps. And that's how we've got to live.

All my life through, the new sights of nature made me rejoice like a child.

Love is like an hourglass, with the heart filling up as the brain empties

The difficulty we have in accepting responsibility for our behaviour lies in the desire to avoid the pain of the consequences of that behaviour

I want to feel my life while I'm in it.

We are called to be architects of the future, not its victims.

We can never obtain peace in the outer world until we make peace with ourselves.

I don't know who invented high heels, but all women owe him a lot!

I never think of the future - it comes soon enough.

Its not the men in your life that matters, its the life in your men.

Live your life as an Exclamation rather than an Explanation

A wise girl kisses but doesn't love, listens but doesn't believe, and leaves before she is left.

Within the child lies the fate of the future.

I am not young enough to know everything.

Old age is the only disease you dont want to be cured of.