Every bird which flies has the thread of the infinite in its claw.

If you want to civilize a man, begin with his grandmother.

The miserable's name is Man; he is agonizing in all climes, and he is groaning in all languages.

I am an intelligent river which has reflected successively all the banks before which it has flowed by meditating only on the images offered by those changing shores.

Emotion is always new and the word has always served; therein lies the difficulty of expressing emotion.

Promise to give me a kiss on my brow when I am dead.--I shall feel it.

God was bored by him.