The Most Gifted Natures Are Perhaps Also

Christianity, Above All, Consoles; But There Are Naturally Happy Souls Who Do Not Need Consolation. Consequently Christianity Begins By Making Such Souls Unhappy, For Otherwise It Would Have No Power Over Them.

Actions Whose Motives He Cannot Understand That Is, Actions Not Prompted By The Hope Of Profit.

Nothing Is More Fatal To Happiness Than The Remembrance Of Happiness.

If A Young Writer Can Refrain From Writing, He Shouldn’t Hesitate To Do So.

No Encounter Occured That Day, And I Was Glad Of It; I Took Out Of My Pocket A Little Homer I Had Not Opened Since Leaving Marseilles, Reread Three Lines Of The Odyssey, Learned Them By Heart; Then, Finding Sufficient Sustenance In Their Rhythm And Reveling In Them At Leisure, I Closed The Book And Remained, Trembling, More Alive Than I Had Thought Possible, My Mind Numb With Happiness.