There are two ways of seeing: with the body and with the soul. The body’s sight can sometimes forget, but the soul remembers forever.
It’s necessary to have wished for death in order to know how good it is to live.
Those born to wealth, and who have the means of gratifying every wish, know not what is the real happiness of life, just as those who have been tossed on the stormy waters of the ocean on a few frail planks can alone realize the blessings of fair weather.
We are always in a hurry to be happy; for when we have suffered a long time, we have great difficulty in believing in good fortune.
The difference between treason and patriotism is only a matter of dates.
I am not proud, but I am happy, and happiness blinds, I think, more than pride.
For all evils there are two remedies – time and silence.
Ah, lips that say one thing, while the heart thinks another.
Woman is sacred; the woman one loves is holy.
When you compare the sorrows of real life to the pleasures of the imaginary one, you will never want to live again, only to dream forever.
Moral wounds have this peculiarity, – they may be hidden, but they never close; always painful, always ready to bleed when touched, they remain fresh and open in the heart.
I have always had more dread of a pen, a bottle of ink, and a sheet of paper than of a sword or pistol.
