To say to a rich man: You are poor! is to tell the Archbishop of Granada that his sermons are worthless.

Our energies are often stimulated by the necessity of supporting a being weaker than ourselves.

Whereas scoundrels become reconciled after knifing one another, lovers break up irrevocably over a mere glance or word.

Imagination helps the realism of every detail, and only sees the beauties of the work.

Incurable wounds are those inflicted by tongue and eye, by mockery and disdain.

A man is a poor creature compared to a woman.

Above all do not ask that justice be just: It is just, because it is justice. The idea of a just justice could have originated only in the brain of an anarchist.