Some people are always grumbling because roses have thorns; I am thankful that thorns have roses.
A widow is like a frigate of which the first captain has been shipwrecked.
Uncertainty is the worst of all evils until the moment when reality makes us regret uncertainty.
Display is like shallow water, where you can see the muddy bottom.
The more the change, the more it is the same thing.
Flowing water is at once a picture and a music, which causes to flow at the same time from my brain, like a limpid and murmuring rivulet, sweet thoughts, charming reveries, and melancholy remembrances.