Diamonds are found only in the dark places of the earth, truths are found only in the depths of thought.

...But listen, there will be more joy in heaven over the tears of a repentant sinner than over the white robes of a hundred just men.

There is suffering in the light; in excess it burns. Flame is hostile to the wing. To burn and yet to fly, this is the miracle of genius.

For prying into any human affairs, non are equal to those whom it does not concern.

He sought...to transform the grief which looks down into the grave by showing it the grief which looks up to the stars.

Beauty is as useful as the useful. More so, perhaps. (Le beau est aussi utile que l'utile. Plus peut-etre.)

The soul has illusions as the bird has wings: it is supported by them.