"I am not proud, but I am happy; and happiness blinds, I think, more than pride."

"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."

"All human wisdom is summed up in two words; wait and hope."

"I am not a man, I am a river."

"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."