"There is only one happiness in this life, to love and be loved." — George Sand

Work is not man's punishment. It is his reward and his strength and his pleasure.

Women love always: when earth slips from them, they take refuge in heaven.

He who draws noble delights from sentiments of poetry is a true poet, though he has never written a line in all his life.

Try to keep your soul young and quivering right up to old age.