The power of love itself weakens and gradually becomes lost with age, like all the other energies of man.

The wonder is, not that the field of stars is so vast, but that man has measured it.

Of all earthly creatures, humans alone have the power to choose. One must never lose time in vainly regretting the past nor in complaining about the changes which cause us discomfort, for change is the very essence of life.

The best sentence? The shortest.

Caress your phrase tenderly; it will end by smiling at you.

That child whose mother has never smiled upon him is worthy neither of the table of the gods nor the couch of the goddesses.

The finest words in the world are only vain sounds if you can't understand them. The best sentence? The shortest.