Nothing is more characteristic of a man than the manner in which he behaves toward fools.

To marry unequally is to suffer equally.

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

He who is too much afraid of being duped has lost the power of being magnanimous.

Tell me what you feel in your room when the full moon is shining in upon you and your lamp is dying out, and I will tell you how old you are, and I shall know if you are happy.

A journal takes the place of a confidant, that is, of friend or wife; it becomes a substitute for production, a substitute for country and public. It is a grief-cheating device, a mode of escape and withdrawal; but, factotum as it is, though it takes the place of everything, properly speaking it represents nothing at all.

The tragic solemnity of existence strikes us with terrible force on that morning when we wake to find the mournful words "too late" ringing in our ears.