The greater the stupidity, the greater the clarity. Stupidity is brief and guileless, while wit equivocates and hides. Wit is a scoundrel, while stupidity is honest and sincere.

What matters," said the prince at last, "is that you have a child's trusting nature and extraordinary truthfulness. Do you know that a great deal can be forgiven you for that alone?

Walking along the crowded row He met the one he used to know.

I am a sick man...I am a spiteful man. An unattractive man. I think that my liver hurts.

Only to live, to live and live! Life, whatever it may be!

But gamblers know how a man can sit for almost twenty-four hours at cards, without looking to right, or to left.

Love every leaf, every ray of light. Love the animals, love the plants, love each separate thing. Loving all, you will perceive the mystery of God in all.