" Who’s the naughty little rascal, then, who couldn’t care less about what his old granny wants?” “I adore her, monsieur!” “Monsieur,” he said icily, stepping back, “you are young! But you should take advantage of your youth to learn two things: The first is that you should abstain from expressing sentiments that are too natural not to be taken for granted. And the second is that it is a mistake to get on one’s high horse and take offense at things said to one before one has properly understood their meaning. "

― Marcel Proust , In the Shadow of Young Girls in Flower