Only that which serves no end is beautiful; everything useful is ugly.
The cat makes himself the companion of your hours of solitude, melancholy and toil.
Good heavens! what a foolish thing is this pretended perfectibility of the human race which is continually being dinned into our ears!
When we love - we grow
The purity of a person's heart can be quickly measured by how they regard animals
The years I have squandered in puerile excitement, in going hither and thither, in seeking to force nature and time, I ought to have spent in solitude and meditation, in endeavoring to make myself worthy of being loved.