The peasants of the Asturias believe that in every litter of wolves there is one pup that is killed by the mother for fear that on growing up it would devour the other little ones.

Promise to give me a kiss on my brow when I am dead.--I shall feel it.

A faith is a necessity to a man. Woe to him who believes in nothing.

There are plenty who regard a wall behind which something is happening as a very curious thing.

All who suffer are full of hatred; all who live drag a remorse: the dead alone have broken their chains.

I like the laughter that opens the lips and the heart, shows at the same time the pearls and the soul.

Short as life is, we make it still shorter by the careless waste of time.