Occupation: Surgeon Birth: April 26, 1780 Death: March 24, 1854
The Holy Scriptures praise the dew of the morning and the dew of the evening; ros matutinum, ros serotinum! Happy is he who possesses the gift of tea….
Everything that is exquisite hides itself..
There are people who laugh to show their fine teeth; and there are those who cry to show their good hearts..
That which we know is but little; that which we have a presentiment of is immense; it is in this direction that the poet outruns the learned man..
Poetry is truth in its Sunday clothes..
Conscientious men are, almost everywhere, less encouraged than tolerated..
History, if thoroughly comprehended, furnishes something of the experience which a man would acquire who should be a contemporary of all ages and a f….
The city does not take away, neither does the country give, solitude; solitude is within us..
The folly which we might have ourselves committed is the one which we are least ready to pardon in another..
Let us pray! God is just, he tries us; God is pitiful, he will comfort us; let us pray!.
Great dejection often follows great enthusiasm..
The egoist does not tolerate egoism..
What is love? two souls and one flesh; friendship? two bodies and one soul..
Philosophers call God the great unknown The great misknown is more like it!.
Lofty mountains are full of springs; great hearts are full of tears..
Interest, ambition, fortune, time, temper, love, all kill friendship..
Friends are rare for, the good reason that men are not common..
A face which is always serene possesses a mysterious and powerful attraction: sad hearts come to it as to the sun to warm themselves again..
The habit of prayer communicates a penetrating sweetness to the glance, the voice, the smile, the tears,--to all one says, or does, or writes..
It is impossible to be just if one is not generous..
We often experience more regret over the part we have left, than pleasure over the part we have preferred..