It seems as though, at the approach of a certain dark hour, the light of heaven infills those who are leaving the light of earth.

Style is the substance of the subject called unceasingly to the surface.

To die is nothing; but it is terrible not to live.

Religions do a useful thing: they narrow God to the limits of man. Philosophy replies by doing a necessary thing: it elevates man to the plane of God.

It is ourselves we have to fear. Prejudice is the real robber, and vice the real murderer.

The first symptom of true love in a man is timidity, in a young woman, boldness. This is surprising, and yet nothing is more simple. It is the two sexes tending to approach each other and assuming each the other's qualities.

Joy's smile is much closer to tears than laughter.