Adversity makes men, and prosperity makes monsters.
There are things stronger than the strongest man.
To love or have loved, that is enough. Ask nothing further. There is no other pearl to be found in the dark folds of life.
This first glance of a soul which does not yet know itself is like dawn in the heavens; it is the awakening of something radiant and unknown.
He who is not capable of enduring poverty is not capable of being free.
Whenever a man's friends begin to compliment him about looking young, he may be sure that they think he is growing old.