Perfection does not exist. To understand it is the triumph of human intelligence; to desire to possess it is the most dangerous kind of madness.
Life is a sleep, love is a dream; And you have lived if you have loved.
By the streets of by and by, one arrives at the house of never.
Diligence is the mother of good fortune.
Truth may be stretched, but cannot be broken, and always gets above falsehood, as oil does above water.
There is no greater folly in the world than for a man to despair.
He who sings frightens away his ills.
Good actions ennoble us, we are the sons of our own deeds.
Among the attributes of God, although they are all equal, mercy shines with even more brilliancy than justice.
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