True poets, like great artists, have scarcely any childhood, and no old age.

When fresh sorrows have caused us to take some steps in the right way, we may not complain. We have invested in a life annuity, but the income remains.

As we advance in life the circle of our pains enlarges, while that of our pleasures contracts.

Those who have suffered much are like those who know many languages; they have learned to understand and be understood by all.

If we look closely at this earth, where God seems so utterly forgotten, we shall find that it is He, after all, who commands the most fidelity and the most love.

Time is the shower of Danae; each drop is golden.

The mind wears the colors of the soul, as a valet those of his master.