"Laughter is the sun that drives winter from the human face."

"The pupil dilates in darkness and in the end sees light, just as the soul dilates in misfortune and in the end finds God."

"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 …"

"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 beautiful is always eccentric."