From the oyster to the eagle, from the swine to the tiger, all animals are to be found in men and each of them exists in some man, sometimes several at the time. Animals are nothing but the portrayal of our virtues and vices made manifest to our eyes, the visible reflections of our souls. God displays them to us to give us food for thought.

Don't educate your children to be rich. Educate them to be happy, so they know the value of things, not the price.

A garden to walk in and immensity to dream in--what more could he ask? A few flowers at his feet and above him the stars.

She had had sweet dreams, which possibly arose from the fact that her little bed was very white.

The wise man does not grow old, but ripens.

The malicious have a dark happiness.

Primitive times are lyrical, ancient times epical, modern times dramatic. The ode sings of eternity, the epic imparts solemnity tohistory, the drama depicts life. The characteristic of the first poetry is ingeniousness, of the second, simplicity, of the third, truth.