Winter is on my head, but eternal spring is in my heart; I breathe at this hour the fragrance of the lilacs, the violets, and the roses, as at twenty years ago.

The paradise of the rich is made out of the hell of the poor.

Wisdom is a sacred communion.

Whom man kills, him God restoreth to life.

My misfortune is that I still resemble a man too much. I should liked to be wholly a beast like that goat. - Quasimodo

To die for lack of love is horrible. The asphyxia of the soul.

If you look in the eyes of the young, you see flame. If you look in the eyes of the old, you see light.