Science says the first word on everything, and the last word on nothing.

To die is nothing; but it is terrible not to live.

The malicious have a dark happiness.

For there are many great deeds done in the small struggles of life.

Our mind is enriched by what we receive, our heart by what we give.

Perseverance, secret of all triumphs.

Separated lovers cheat absence by a thousand fancies which have their own reality. They are prevented from seeing one another and they cannot write; nevertheless they find countless mysterious ways of corresponding, by sending each other the song of birds, the scent of flowers, the laughter of children.