“In art as in love, instinct is enough.”

“How far that little candle throws his beams!
So shines a good deed in a naughty world.”

“It destroys one's nerves to be amiable every day to the same human being.”

“To have no time for philosophy is to be a true philosopher.”

“To hope means to be ready at every moment for that which is not yet born, and yet not become desperate if there is no birth in our lifetime.”

“A life is like a garden. Perfect moments can be had, but not preserved, except in memory.”