No matter how long I live, I shall live longer than you will love me

The child is small, and he includes the man; the brain is narrow, and it harbours thought; the eye is but a point, and it covers leagues

Be good, be young, be true! Evil is nothing but vanity, let us have the pride of good, and above all let us never despair.

Love without esteem cannot go far or reach high. It is an angel with only one wing.

The chains of marriage are so heavy that it takes two to bear them, sometimes three.

Memory is a paradise out of which fate cannot drive us.

Everything was believed except the truth.

We are not allowed to have hearts, under penalty of being hooted down.

One has always had a childhood, whatever one becomes.

Women sometimes allow you to be unfaithful to their love; they never allow you to wound their self-esteem.

The reason why women grown bad are worse than men is because it is the best that turns to the worst.

The highest form of human intelligence is to observe yourself without judgment.

A life that is burdened with expectations is a heavy life. Its fruit is sorrow and disappointment.

I have two writer daughters, and a psychoanalyst daughter, and a lawyer daughter, and they wish we didn't write, I'm sure, but we write. If we were a painting family, we would paint.

There are no victories at discount prices.

All of the charities we're involved with have touched me in one way or another on a personal level. There are about eight or nine charities that I support.

Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus. He exists as certainly as love and generosity and devotion exist.

I know already the music I will write. But the words? I have not yet decided.

The great thing about the movies ... is-you're giving people little ... tiny pieces of time ... that they never forget.

Writing a novel is like heading out over the open sea in a small boat. It helps, if you have a plan and a course laid out.

I have been reading the press more regularly than others over 50 years and it seems to me that there are things that have changed in the press that have changed its character.