You look at a star for two reasons, because it is luminous, and because it is impenetrable. You have beside you a sweeter radiance and a greater mystery, woman.

Take all reasonable advantage of that which the present may offer you. It is the only time which is ours. Yesterday is buried forever, and to-morrow we may never see.

Daring is the price of progress. All splendid conquests are the prize of boldness, more or less.

Have courage for the great sorrows of life and patience for the small ones; and when you have laboriously accomplished your daily task, go to sleep in peace.

My misfortune is that I still resemble a man too much. I should liked to be wholly a beast like that goat. - Quasimodo

God will reward you,' he said. 'You must be an angel since you care for flowers.

Too much improvisation leaves the mind stupidly void.