It is better to be hated for what you are than be loved for something you are not. - André Gide

I wished for nothing beyond her smile, and to walk with her thus, hand in hand, along a sun warmed, flower bordered path.

When I was younger, I used to make resolutions which imagined were virtuous. I was less anxious to be what I was, than to become what I wished to be. Now, I am not far from thinking that in irresolution lies the secret of not growing old.

Я не могу от всех требовать своих добродетелей. Хорошо уже, если я нахожу в них свои пороки.