Someone criticized an elderly man for wooing young women. He replied that that was the only way to rejuvenation, which was, afterall, everybody's wish.

If you've never eaten while crying you don t know what life tastes like.

Words are mere sound and smoke, dimming the heavenly light.

Every situation--nay, every moment--is of infinite worth; for it is the representative of a whole eternity.

Woman is mistress of the art of completely imbittering the life of the person on whom she depends.

Just as, out of habit, one consults a run-down clock as though it were still going, so too one may look at the face of a beautiful woman as though he still loved her.

Being brilliant is no great feat if you respect nothing.