What I value most next to eternity is time.

Real sorrow is almost as difficult to discover as real poverty. An instinctive delicacy hides the rays of the one and the wounds of the other.

There is nothing steadfast in life but our memories. We are sure of keeping intact only that which we have lost.

We expect everything and are prepared for nothing.

Suspicion has its dupes, as well as credulity.

Antiquity is a species of aristocracy with which it is not easy to be on visiting terms.

Miracles are God's coups d'etat.