The man who insists upon seeing with perfect clearness before he decides, never decides. Accept life, and you must accept regret.

One may guess the why and wherefore of a tear and yet find it too subtle to give any account of. A tear may be the poetical resume of so many simultaneous impressions, the quintessence of so many opposing thoughts! It is like a drop of one of those precious elixirs of the East which contain the life of twenty plants fused into a single aroma.

Uncertainty is the refuge of hope.

Music is harmony, harmony is perfection, perfection is our dream, and our dream is heaven.

There are 2 sorts of pride: one in which we approve others, the other in which we cannot accept ourselves.

Charm is the quality in others that makes us more satisfied with ourselves.

In health there is freedom. Health is the first of all liberties.