Our souls must become expanded by the contemplation of Nature's grandeur, before we can fully comprehend the greatness of man.

Life is the greatest of blessings and death the worst of evils.... all great, powerful souls love life.

Laughter is wholesome. God is not so dull as some people make out. Did not He make the kitten to chase its tail.

Woman is at once apple and serpent.

Out of my own great woe I make my little songs.

The sun's sweet ray is hovering discovered.

But a day must come when the fire of youth will be quenched in my veins, when winter will dwell in my heart, when his snow flakes will whiten my locks, and his mists will dim my eyes. Then my friends will lie in their lonely grave, and I alone will remain like a solitary stalk forgotten by the reaper.