The day is for mistake and error, sequence of time for success and carrying out. The one who anticipates is master of the day.

For the butterfly, mating and propagation involve the sacrifice of life, for the human being, the sacrifice of beauty.

Take life too seriously, and what is it worth? If the morning wake us to no new joys, if the evening bring us not the hope of new pleasure, is it worthwhile to dress and undress?

A word spoken is a terrible thing when it suddenly utters what the heart has long allowed.

The decline of literature indicates the decline of a nation.

Treat people as if they were what they ought to be and you help them to become what they are capable of being.

People are always talking about originality, but what do they mean? As soon as we are born, the world begins to work upon us, and this goes on to the end.