Passion makes the best observations and the sorriest conclusions.
Laughing cheerfulness throws the light of day on all the paths of life.
Remembrances last longer than present realities.
Man has here two and a half minutes-one to smile, one to sigh, and a half to love: for in the midst of this minute he dies.
What a father says to his children is not heard by the world, but it will be heard by posterity.
For the Infinite has sowed his name in the heavens in burning stars, but on the earth He has sowed his name in tender flowers.