Neither saints nor angels have ever increased my faith in this enigma Life; but what are called 'common men and women' have increased it.

if you listen long enough - or is it deep enough? - the silence of a lover can speak plainer than any words! Only you must know how to listen. Pain must have taught you how.

with courage a human being is safe enough. And without it - he is never for one instant safe!

it is better in the long run to be cheated than to cheat. I have learned that there is no middle way.

There is no thermometer for wants!

When you know a person particularly well, you cannot escape their ruffled feelings.

Death deceives relations often, and doctors sometimes, but the patient - never.