But a mermaid has no tears, and therefore she suffers so much more.

Time is so fleeting that if we do not remember God in our youth, age may find us incapable of thinking of him.

Death walks faster than the wind and never returns what he has taken.

It was clear to me, as I glanced back over my earlier life, that a loving Providence watched over me, that all was directed for me by a higher power.

The naive was only a part of my fairy tales; humour was the real salt in them.

My life will be the best illustration of all my work.

Brave soldier, never fear. Even though your death is near.