God is the poet; men are but the actors. The great dramas of earth were written in heaven.

Forgetting is the great secret of strong and creative lives.

Where poverty ceases, avarice begins.

He who best knows the world will love it least.

The heart of a mother is a deep abyss at the bottom of which you will always find forgiveness.

All human power is a compound of time and patience.

Cruelty and fear shake hands together.

Life cannot go on without much forgetting.

As a rule, only the poor are generous.

Power is not revealed by striking hard or often, but by striking true.

True love is eternal, infinite, and always like itself. It is equal and pure.

The secret of great fortunes without apparent cause is a crime forgotten, for it was properly done.

Bureaucracy is a giant mechanism operated by pygmies.

There is no such thing as a great talent without great willpower.

Equality may be a right, but no power on earth can convert it into fact.

Talent is a flame, but genius is a fire.

Great love affairs start with Champagne and end with tisane.

Do you know what is the hardest thing in life? To make a choice.

Every moment of happiness requires a great amount of Ignorance