I would die at the stake rather than change a semi-colon!

A kiss, when all is said, what is it? An oath that's given closer than before; A promise more precise; the sealing of Confessions that till then were barely breathed; A rosy dot placed on the i in loving.

A large nose is in fact the sign of an affable man, good, courteous, witty, liberal, courageous, such as I am.

A kiss is a rosy dot placed on the "i" in loving.

I sing, not to hear the echo repeat, a shade fainter, my song! I think of light and not of glory! Singing is my fashion of waging war and bearing witness. And if my song is the proudest of songs, it is that I sing clearly to make the day rise clear!

To joke in the face of danger is the supreme politeness, a delicate refusal to cast oneself as a tragic hero.

A pessimist is a man who tells the truth prematurely.