In all the universe nothing remains permanent and unchanged but the spirit.

Only during hard times do people come to understand how difficult it is to be master of their feelings and thoughts.

To a chemist, nothing on earth is unclean. A writer must be as objective as a chemist; he must abandon the subjective line; he must know that dungheaps play a very respectable part in a landscape, and that evil passions are as inherent in life as good ones.

We shall find peace. We shall hear angels, we shall see the sky sparkling with diamonds.

Perhaps the feelings that we experience when we are in love represent a normal state. Being in love shows a person who he should be.

When asked, "Why do you always wear black?", he said, "I am mourning for my life.

The thirst for powerful sensations takes the upper hand both over fear and over compassion for the grief of others.