He thought of the mouldering child, which laid its withered thin arms around his soul, as if it were his own, and to whom Death had given as much as a god gave to Endymion, — sleep, eternal youth, and immortality.

Flowers never emit so sweet and strong a fragrance as before a storm. When a storm approaches thee, be as fragrant as a sweet-smelling flower.

Every man has a rainy corner of his life whence comes foul weather which follows him.

Because the heart beats under a covering of hair, of fur, feathers, or wings, it is, for that reason, to be of no account?

There are souls in this world which have the gift of finding joy everywhere and of leaving it behind them when they go.

feelings of man are always pure and the brightest to the meeting time and Farewell.

The last, best fruit which comes to late perfection, even in the kindliest soul, is tenderness toward the hard, forbearance toward the unforbearing, warmth of heart toward the cold, philanthropy toward the misanthropic.