When the sun shines on you, you see your friends. It requires sunshine to be seen by them to advantage!

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.

When we bring back with us the objects most dear, and find those we left unchanged, we are tempted to doubt the lapse of time; but one link in the chain of affection broken, and every thing seems altered.

Spring is the season of hope, and autumn is that of memory.

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.

Grief is, of all the passions, the one that is the most ingenious and indefatigable in finding food for its own subsistence.

Superstition is but the fear of belief.