A happy marriage is a long conversation that always seems too short.

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

The temporal world rests on a very few simple ideas, notably on the idea of fidelity.

A happy marriage is a long conversation that seems all too short.

All of us, from time to time, need a plunge into freedom and novelty, after which routine and discipline will seem delightful by contrast

To feminine eyes a man's prestige, or his fame, envelops him in a luminous haze which obscures his faults. The triumphs of an aviator, an actor, a football player, an orator are often responsible for the beginning of a love affair.

For intelligent people, action often means escape from thought, but it is a reasonable and a wise escape.

The first recipe of happiness - avoid too lengthy meditations on the past.

We owe to the Middle Ages the two worst inventions of humanity, romantic love and gunpowder.

The longer the road to love, the keener is the pleasure to be experienced by the sensitive lover.