Where are the people?” resumed the little prince at last. “It’s a little lonely in the desert…” “It is lonely when you’re among people, too,” said the snake.

It is only with the heart that one can see rightly what is essential is invisible to the eye.

A chief is a man who assumes responsibility. He says 'I was beaten', he does not say 'My men were beaten.'.

To forget a friend is sad. Not everyone has had a friend.

When someone blushes, doesn't that mean 'yes'?

No destiny attacks us from outside. But, within him, man bears his fate and there comes a moment when he knows himself vulnerable; and then, as in a vertigo, blunder upon blunder lures him.