The paradise of the rich is made out of the hell of the poor.

He who is not capable of enduring poverty is not capable of being free.

Solitude either develops the mental power, or renders men dull and vicious.

God knows better than we do what we need.

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

The need of the immaterial is the most deeply rooted of all needs. One must have bread; but before bread, one must have the ideal.

They adored each other; but still the permanent and the immutable subsist. We may love and laugh, pout, clasp hands, smile, and exchange endearments, but that does not affect eternity. Two lovers hide in the dusk of evening, amid flowers and the twittering of birds, and enchant each other with their hearts shinning in their eyes; but the stars in their course still circle through infinite space.