Possibly the words materialism and spirituality express two sides of one and the same fact.

How natural it is to destroy what we cannot possess, to deny what we do not understand, and to insult what we envy!

When one has no particular talent for anything, one takes to the pen.

Passion is universal humanity. Without it religion, history, romance and art would be useless.

Women see everything or nothing according to the inclination of their hearts. Love is their sole light.

Gratitude is a fool's word; we find it in the dictionary, but it is not in the heart of man.

He has great tranquility of heart who cares neither for the praises nor the fault-finding of men.