The Little Prince

by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

And if all these reasons aren't enough, then I'd like to dedicate it to the child this grown-up used to be. All grown-ups started life as children. (But not many of them remember that.)

Grown-ups can never understand anything on their own, and it's exhausting for children always to have to be explaining things to them…

For sure, those of us who understand about life couldn't care less about numbers!

Well then, you can judge yourself, — the King replied. — That's the most difficult thing of all. It's much more difficult to make a judgment on yourself than on anyone else. If you can manage to judge yourself well, you're a truly wise person.