Great artists have no country.

[I]f you are truly a man, sure of yourself and confident of your strength, you may taste of life without fear and without reserve; you may be sad or joyous, deceived or respected; but be sure you are loved, for what matters the rest?

Man is a pupil, pain is his teacher.

Disgrace is the synonym of discovery.

What a frightful weapon is human thought! It is our defense and our safeguard, the most precious gift that God has made us. It is ours and it obeys us; we may launch it forth into space, but, once outside of our feeble brains, it is gone; we can no longer control it.

A lively retrospect summons back to us once more our youth, with vivid reflex of its early joys and unstained pleasures.

The costliest women are the ones who cost nothing.