Everyone only hears what he understands.
The older we grow, the greater become the ordeals.
Alas! sorrow from happiness is oft evolved.
Our mistakes and failures are always the first to strike us, and outweigh in our imagination what we have accomplished and attained.
The right man is the one who seizes the moment.
The connoisseur of art must be able to appreciate what is simply beautiful, but the common run of people is satisfied with ornament.