Nothing is so stifling as symmetry. Symmetry is boredom, the quintessence of mourning. Despair yawns. There is something more terrible than a hell of suffering - a hell of boredom.

Poetry contains philosophy as the soul contains reason.

Pain is as diverse as man. One suffers as one can.

Don't educate your children to be rich. Educate them to be happy, so they know the value of things, not the price.

I was dying when you came.

Do not ask the name of the person who seeks a bed for the night. He who is reluctant to give his name is the one who most needs shelter.

Love is a portion of the soul itself, and it is of the same nature as the celestial breathing of the atmosphere of paradise.