I had found my religion: nothing seemed more important to me than a book. I saw the library as a temple.

Like all dreamers, I mistook disenchantment for truth.

Ah! Yes, I know: those who see me rarely trust my word: I must look too intelligent to keep it.

The poor don't know that their function in life is to exercise our generosity.

Once you hear the details of victory it is hard to distinguish it from a defeat.

For an occurrence to become an adventure, it is necessary and sufficient for one to recount it.