A man without a woman is like a pistol without a trigger; it is the woman who makes the man go off.

If she gives me all her time it is because I have all her heart.

Perseverance, secret of all triumphs.

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

O youth! thou often tearest thy wings against the thorns of voluptuousness.

Sacrificing the earth for paradise is giving up the substance for the shadow.

A great artist is a great man in a great child.