The only things one can admire at length are those one admires without knowing why. - (Rostand, Jean - Admiration)

To be adult is to be alone. - (Rostand, Jean - Adulthood)

A man is not old as long as he is seeking something. - (Rostand, Jean - Age and Aging)

It may offend us to hear our own thoughts expressed by others: we are not sure enough of their souls. - (Rostand, Jean - Agreement)

Certain brief sentences are peerless in their ability to give one the feeling that nothing remains to be said. - (Rostand, Jean - Aphorisms and Epigrams)

The divine is perhaps that quality in man which permits him to endure the lack of God. - (Rostand, Jean - Atheism)

Beauty in art is often nothing but ugliness subdued. - (Rostand, Jean - Beauty)

The nobility of a human being is strictly independent of that of his convictions. - (Rostand, Jean - Belief)

Prerequisite for rereadability in books: that they be forgettable. - (Rostand, Jean - Books - Reading)

The books one has written in the past have two surprises in store: one couldn't write them again, and wouldn't want to. - (Rostand, Jean - Books - Reading)

Take heed of critics even when they are not fair; resist them even when they are. - (Rostand, Jean - Critics and Criticism)

Renown? I've already got more of it than those I respect, and will never have as much as those for whom I feel contempt.. - (Rostand, Jean - Fame)

There are certain moments when we might wish the future were built by men of the past. - (Rostand, Jean - Future)

God, that dumping ground of our dreams. - (Rostand, Jean - God)

God, that checkroom of our dreams. - (Rostand, Jean - God)