We call that person who has lost his father, an orphan; and a widower that man who has lost his wife. But that man who has known the immense unhappiness of losing a friend, by what name do we call him? Here every language is silent and holds its peace in impotence. Votes: 29
Reason guides but a small part of man, and the rest obeys feeling, true or false, and passion, good or bad. Votes: 21
A fine quotation is a diamond in the hand of a man of wit and a pebble in the hand of a fool. Votes: 10
Poetry is truth in its Sunday clothes. Votes: 8
Our experience is composed rather of illusions lost than of wisdom acquired. Votes: 7
What is love? two souls and one flesh; friendship? two bodies and one soul. Votes: 7
Solitude vivifies; isolation kills. Votes: 7
There is a slowness in affairs which ripens them, and a slowness which rots them. Votes: 3
When unhappy, one doubts everything; when happy, one doubts nothing. Votes: 2
Literature was formerly an art and finance a trade; today it is the reverse Votes: 1
It is a very rare thing for a man of talent to succeed by his talent. Votes: 1
The folly which we might have ourselves committed is the one which we are least ready to pardon in another. Votes: 1