The future: A consolation for those who have no other.

You were wise not to waste years in a lawsuit ... he who commences a suit resembles him who plants a palm-tree which he will not live to see flourish.

Genius is the gold in the mine, talent is the miner who works and brings it out.

Reason dissipates the illusions of life, but does not console us for their departure.

A poor man defended himself when charged with stealing food to appease the cravings of hunger, saying, the cries of the stomach silenced those of the conscience.

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

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.