She thought, "He whom I love more than my father or mother, he of whom I am always thinking, and in whose hands I would so willingly trust my lifelong happiness. I dare do anything to win him and to gain an immortal soul.

Travelling expands the mind rarely.

To be born in a duck's nest, in a farmyard, is of no consequence to a bird, if it is hatched from a swan's egg.

Life itself is the most wonderful fairy tale.

Eighty percent of our criminals come from unsympathetic homes.

Every town, like every man, has its own countenance; they have a common likeness and yet are different; one keeps in his mind all their peculiar touches.

Just living is not enough... one must have sunshine, freedom, and a little flower.