"There are no such things as small countries. The greatness of a people is no more determined by the number of its inhabitants than the greatness of a man is determined by his height."

"The power of a glance has been so much abused in love stories, that it has come to be disbelieved in. Few people dare now to say that two beings fell in love because they looked at each other. Yet it …"

"Life is a voyage. A ship is not built for a harbor."

"The soul's darkest night is not the one before death, but the one before birth."

"To die is nothing; but to live is dreadful."