I never did a single wise thing in the whole course of my existence, although I have written many which have been thought so.

A smile is ever the most bright and beautiful with a tear upon it. What is the dawn without the dew? The tear is rendered by the smile precious above the smile itself.

He who brings ridicule to bear against truth finds in his hand a blade without a hilt.

I warmed both hands before the fire of life; It sinks, and I am ready to depart.

Hope is the mother of faith.

Solitude is the audience-chamber of God.

There is no easy path leading out of life, and few are the easy ones that lie within it.