Life would be as insupportable without the prospect of death, as it would be without sleep.

A woman's head is always influenced by her heart, but a man's heart is always influenced by his head.

There is no magician like love.

Talent, like beauty, to be pardoned, must be obscure and unostentatious.

Arles is certainly one of the most interesting towns I have ever seen, whether viewed as a place remarkable for the objects of antiquity it contains, or for the primitive manners of its inhabitants and its picturesque appearance.

Wit is the lightning of the mind, reason the sunshine, and reflection the moonlight.

A profound knowledge of life is the least enviable of all species of knowledge, because it can only be acquired by trials that make us regret the loss of our ignorance.