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

It is not great, but little good-haps that make up happiness.

In later life, as in earlier, only a few persons influence the formation of our character; the multitude pass us by like a distant army. One friend, one teacher, one beloved, one club, one dining table, one work table are the means by which one's nation and the spirit of one's nation affect the individual.

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.

The darkness of death is like the evening twilight; it makes all objects appear more lovely to the dying.

Art is indeed not the bread but the wine of life.

Repetition is the mother of education.