In youth one has tears without grief; in age, griefs without tears
When unhappy, one doubts everything when happy one doubts nothing.
A face which is always serene possesses a mysterious and powerful attraction: sad hearts come to it as to the sun to warm themselves again.
The city does not take away, neither does the country give, solitude; solitude is within us.
It is a very rare thing for a man of talent to succeed by his talent.
Solitude vivifies, isolation kills.