Self-pity comes so naturally to all of us. The most solid happiness can be shaken by the compassion of a fool. – Andre Maurois
Men and women are not born inconstant: they are made so by their early amorous experiences. – Andre Maurois
People are what you make them. A scornful look turns into a complete fool a man of average intelligence. A contemptuous indifference turns into an enemy a woman who, well treated, might have been an angel. – Andre Maurois
Without a family, man, alone in the world, trembles with the cold. – Andre Maurois