The sadness which reigned everywhere was but an excuse for unfailing kindness.
Men become accustomed to poison by degrees.
Adversity makes men, and prosperity makes monsters.
That is to be two and to be but one. A man and a woman mingled into one angel. It is heaven.
There is one spectacle grander than the sea, That is the sky.
It is grievous for a man to leave behind him a shadow in his own shape.