As a man grows older it is harder and harder to frighten him.

Paradise is always where love dwells.

The burden of suffering seems a tombstone hung about our necks, while in reality it is only the weight which is necessary to keep down the diver while he is hunting for pearls.

Never part without loving words to think of during your absence. It may be that you will not meet again in this life.

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.

Every friend is to the other a sun, and a sunflower also. He attracts and follows.

The gymnasium of running, walking on stilts, climbing, etc. stells and makes hardy single powers and muscles, but dancing, like a corporeal poesy, embellishes, exercises, and equalizes all the muscles at once.