"A happy childhood is poor preparation for human contacts."

"You will do foolish things, but do them with enthusiasm."

"It is wise to apply the oil of refined politeness to the mechanisms of friendship."

"Total absence of humor renders life impossible."

"The true traveler is he who goes on foot, and even then, he sits down a lot of the time."

"I love my past. I love my present. I'm not ashamed of what I've had, and I'm not sad because I have it no longer."

"At sunrise everything is luminous but not clear.' It is those we live with and love and should know who elude us.' You can love completely without complete understanding."

"To create man was a fine and original idea; but to add sheep was a tautology."

"Men seldom make passes At girls who wear glasses."

"Conscience is a mother-in-law whose visit never ends"

"There are people in the world so hungry, that God cannot appear to them except in the form of bread."

"You (God) have not only commanded continence, that is, from what things we are to restrain our love, but also justice, that is, on what we are to bestow our love."