• The most important quality in a leader is that of being acknowledged as such. All leaders whose fitness is questioned are clearly lacking in force.

• There are certain persons for whom pure Truth is a poison.

• The first recipe for happiness is Avoid too lengthy meditation on the past.

• In literature as in love, we are astonished at what is chosen by others.

• 'Lost Illusion' is the undisclosed title of every novel.

• Modesty and unselfishness--these are the virtues which men praise--and pass by.

• The difficult part in an argument is not to defend one's opinion, but rather to know it.

• If men could regard the events of their own lives with more open minds, they would frequently discover that they did not really desire the things they failed to obtain.