I was more isolated than a shipwrecked sailor on a raft in the middle of the ocean.

There is no harm in putting off a piece of work until another day. But when it is a matter of baobabs, that always means a catastrophe.

It is such a secret place,the land of tears.

I ought to have judged by deeds and not by words.

One much require from each one the duty which each one can perform. Accepted authority rests first of all on reason.

That is the most difficult thing of all.It is much more difficult to judge oneself than judge others. If you succeed in judging yourself rightly, then you are indeed a man of wisdom.

For, to conceited men, all other men are admirer.

Conceited people never hear anything but praise.

For it is possible for a man to be faithful and lazy at the same time.

Men have no more time to understand anything. They buy things already made at the shops. But there is no shop anywhere where one can buy friendship, and so men have no friends any more.

Words are the source of misunderstandings.

It is only with the heart that one can see rightly, what is essential is invisible to the eye.

No one is ever satisfied where he is.

The eyes are blind. One must look with the heart.