The cat lives alone, has no need of society, obeys only when she pleases, pretends to sleep that she may see more clearly, and scratches everything on which she can lay her paw.

Forests precede civilizations and deserts follow them.

You are not superior just because you see the world in an odious light.

Music is the child of prayer, the companion of religion.

The original writer is not he who refrains from imitating others, but he who can be imitated by none.

The heart feels, the head compares.

We must not always try to plumb the depths of the human heart; the truths it contains are among those that are best seen in half-light or in perspective.