I would give gladly all the hundreds of years that I have to live, to be a human being only for one day, and to have the hope of knowing the happiness of that glorious world above the stars.

Most of the people who will walk after me will be children, so make the beat keep time with short steps.

Sharp knives seemed to cut her delicate feet, yet she hardly felt them, so deep was the pain in her heart. She could not forget that this was the last night she would ever see the one for whom she had left her home and family, had given up her beautiful voice, and had day by day endured unending torment, of which he knew nothing at all. An eternal night awaited her.

Enjoy life. There's plenty of time to be dead.

To be of use to the world is the only way to be happy.

But the Emperor has nothing at all on!

Travelling expands the mind rarely.