Every bird which flies has the thread of the infinite in its claw.
Have but luck, and you will have the rest; be fortunate, and you will be thought great.
If I speak, I am condemned. If I stay silent, I am damned!
The most ferocious animals are disarmed by caresses to their young.
Rhyme, that enslaved queen, that supreme charm of our poetry, that creator of our meter.
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.