We only understand that which already is within us.

Life is short and we have never too much time for gladdening the hearts of those who are travelling the dark journey with us. Oh be swift to love, make haste to be kind.

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

The art which is grand and yet simple is that which presupposes the greatest elevation both in artist and in public.

Obstinacy is will asserting itself without being able to justify itself. It is persistence without a reasonable motive. It is the tenacity of self-love substituted for that of reason and conscience.

Sadness takes up the pen more readily than joy.

Doubt of the reality of love ends by making us doubt everything.