A pine tree standeth lonely In the North on an upland bare; It standeth whitely shrouded With snow, and sleepeth there. It dreameth of a Palm tree Which far in the East alone, In the mournful silence standeth On its ridge of burning stone.

Reason exercises merely the function of preserving order, is, so to say, the police in the region of art. In life it is mostly a cold arithmetician summing up our follies.

Never let a fool kiss you, or a kiss fool you. Oh, what lies there are in kisses!

No compass has ever been invented for the high seas of matrimony.

I fell asleep reading a dull book and dreamed I kept on reading, so I awoke from sheer boredom.

The years keep coming and going, Men will arise & depart; Only one thing is immortal: The love that is in my heart.

He who fights with priests may make up his mind to have his poor good name torn and befouled by the most infamous lies and the most cutting slanders.