To stand on one leg and prove God's existence is a very different thing from going on one's knees and thanking Him.

It belongs to the imperfection of everything human that man can only attain his desire by passing through its opposite.

Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards.

Oh, can I really believe the poet's tales, that when one first sees the object of one's love, one imagines one has seen her long ago, that all love like all kn…