To desire and expect nothing for oneself and to have profound sympathy for others is genuine holiness.

Oh, gentle feelings, soft sounds, the goodness and the gradual stilling of a soul that has been moved; the melting happiness of the first tender, touching joys of love- where are you?

One may speak about anything on earth with fire, with enthusiasm, with ecstasy, but one only speaks about oneself with avidity.

Time, as is well known, sometimes flies like a bird and sometimes crawls like a worm, but human beings are generally particularly happy when they don't notice whether it's passing quickly or slowly.

That's what children are for—that their parents may not be bored.

Nature is not a temple, but a workshop, and man's the workman in it.

Significance is sweet.