The repose of darkness is deeper on the water than on the land.
The sadness which reigned everywhere was but an excuse for unfailing kindness.
He saw before him two roads, both equally straight ; but he saw two; and that terrified him — him, who had never in his life known but one straight line. And, bitter anguish, these two roads were contradictory.
God has made the cat to give man the pleasure of caressing the tiger.
He does not weep who does not see.
One drop of wine is enough to redden a whole glass of water.