Excitement is not enjoyment: in calmness lies true pleasure. The most precious wines are sipped, not bolted at a swallow.
For dogs we kings should have lions, and for cats, tigers. The great benefits a crown.
One resists the invasion of armies; one does not resist the invasion of ideas.
He who contemplates the depths of Paris is seized with vertigo. Nothing is more fantastic. Nothing is more tragic. Nothing is more sublime.
Religion, Society, and Nature--these are the three struggles of man.
The great acts of love are done by those who are habitually performing small acts of kindness.