Grief ennobles the commonest people because it has its own essential grandeur. To shine with the luster of grief, a person need only be sincere.

Like hunger, physical love is a necessity. But man's appetite for amour is never so regular or so sustained as his appetite for the delights of the table.

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

Nothing is unimportant to a man plunged in despair. He is as credulous as a criminal sentenced to death who listens to a lunatic raving to him about how he can escape through the keyhole.

Gentleness in the gait is what simplicity is in the dress. Violent gestures or quick movements inspire involuntary disrespect.

Our worst misfortunes never happen, and most miseries lie in anticipation.

We do not wish success yet we obtain it. Always we find what we are not looking for. These words are too true not to become a proverb some day.