Man is a pupil, pain is his teacher..

You’re like a lighthouse shining beside the sea of humanity, motionless: all you can see is your own reflection in the water. You’re alone, so you th….

Reason may cure illusions, but not suffering..

Alas, everything that men say to one another is alike; the ideas they exchange are almost always the same, in their conversation. But inside all thos….

[I]f you are truly a man, sure of yourself and confident of your strength, you may taste of life without fear and without reserve; you may be sad or ….

With a kiss let us set out for an unknown world..

Perfection does not exist; to understand it is the triumph of human intelligence; to expect to possess it is the most dangerous kind of madness..

In my flowery dreams there's always you. I do not regret it one bit..

... but one loves, and when one is on the brink of death, one turns around to look backward, and one says to oneself: "I have often suffered, I have ….

Take time as it comes, the wind as it blows, woman as she is..

I don't know where my road is going, but I know that I walk better when I hold your hand..

Few persons enjoy real liberty; we are all slaves to ideas or habits..

Memory is what makes us young or old..

life is a deep sleep of which love is the dream.

The only truth is love beyond reason..

The mouth keeps silent to hear the heart speak..

The only true language in the world is a kiss..

I see that you believe in love such as the poets and romancers have represented... The poets represent love as the sculptors design beauty, as the mu….

How glorious it is - and also how painful - to be an exception..

Take love as a sober man takes wine; do not become a drunkard. If your mistress is sincere and faithful, love her for that; but if she is not, if she….

I deeply wished I could make the stars all come down and breathe them; disappear in them.