It is better to be unhappy and know the worst, than to be happy in a fool's paradise.

Beauty is mysterious as well as terrible. God and devil are fighting there, and the battlefield is the heart of man.

She looked much younger than her age, indeed, which is almost always the case with women who retain serenity of spirit, sensitiveness and pure sincere warmth of heart to old age.

My friends, God is necessary for me if only because he is the one being who can be loved eternally.

If you love everything, you will perceive the divine mystery of things.

People talk sometimes of a bestial cruelty, but that's a great injustice and insult to the beasts; a beast can never be so cruel as a man, so artistically cruel. The tiger only tears and gnaws, that's all he can do. He would never think of nailing people by the ears, even if he were able to do it.

If you want to be respected by others, the great thing is to respect yourself. Only by that, only by self-respect will you compel others to respect you.