Many men nourish a pride which urges them to conceal their struggles and show themselves only as conquerors.

He who best knows the world will love it least.

The fame of surgeons resembles the fame of actors, who live only during their lifetime and whose talent is no longer appreciable once they have disappeared.

It is very difficult to pass from pleasure to work. Accordingly more poems have been swallowed up by sorrow than ever happiness caused to blaze forth in unparalleled radiance.

A careful observation of Nature will disclose pleasantries of superb irony. She has for instance placed toads close to flowers.

Women, perhaps even require a little hypocrisy.

Marriageable girls as well as mothers understand the terms and perils of the lottery called wedlock. That is why women weep at a wedding and men smile.